Language name and location: West-Central Limba, Sierra Leone [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区: 中西部林巴语,  塞拉利昂北部省小斯卡西斯河流域地区

 

1. hantʰe

21.   kɔntʰɔ kaye e hanʰte

2. kaaye

22.   kɔntʰɔ kaye e kale

3. kataati

23.   kɔntʰɔ kaye e katati

4. kanaŋ

24.   kɔntʰɔ kaye e kanaŋ

5. kasɔhi

25.   kɔntʰɔ kaye e kasɔhi

6. kasɔŋ hantʰe (5+1)

26.   kɔntʰɔ kaye e kasɔŋ hantʰe

7. kasɔŋ kaaye  (5+2)

27.   kɔntʰɔ kaye e kasɔŋ kaaye

8. kasɔŋ kataati (5+3)

28.   kɔntʰɔ kaye e kasɔŋ kataati

9. kasɔŋ kanaŋ  (5+4)

29.   kɔntʰɔ kaye e kasɔŋ kanaŋ

10. kɔɔhi

30.   kɔntʰɔ kataati

11. kɔɔhi e hantʰe

40.   kɔntʰɔ kanaŋ

12. kɔɔhi e kaaye

50.   kɔntʰɔ kasɔhi

13. kɔɔhi e kataati

60.   kɔntʰɔ kasɔŋ hantʰe

14. kɔɔhi e kanaŋ

70.   kɔntʰɔ kasɔŋ kaaye

15. kɔɔhi e kasɔhi

80.   kɔntʰɔ kasɔŋ kataati

16. kɔɔhi e kasɔŋ hantʰe

90.   kɔntʰɔ kasɔŋ kanaŋ

17. kɔɔhi e kasɔŋ kaaye

100. kɛmɛ hantʰɛ

18. kɔɔhi e kasɔŋ kataati

200. kɛmɛ kaye

19. kɔɔhi e  kasɔŋ kanaŋ

1000.wulu wuntʰe

20. kɔntʰɔ kaaye

2000.wulu biyee

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Donald Slager, United Bible Societies, USA, January 15, 2008.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Donald Slager, 2008 年 1 月 15 日.

 

Other comments: West-Central Limba has a quinary, decimal system. The numbers for hundred and thousand are loanwords. West-Central Limba is spoken by approximately

500,000 speakers in Northern province: east Bombali and northeast Kambia districts, Little Scarcies river area; north of Makeni,  Sierra Leone.


 

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