Monzombo

Language name and location: Monzombo, CAR, Congo [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 蒙宗博语, 刚果北部利夸拉省, 中非共和国和民主刚果

1. k͡póì	21. nʒò bīʃì kɔ́nɔ̄ k͡póì
2. bīʃì	22. nʒò bīʃì kɔ́nɔ̄ bīʃì
3. bālà	23. nʒò bīʃì kɔ́nɔ̄ bālà
4. bàānā	24. nʒò bīʃì kɔ́nɔ̄ bàānā
5. vūè	25. nʒò bīʃì kɔ́nɔ̄ vūè
6. ʃítà	26. nʒò bīʃì kɔ́nɔ̄ ʃítà
7. ʃíēnā	27. nʒò bīʃì kɔ́nɔ̄ ʃíēnā
8. sɛ́nā	28. nʒò bīʃì kɔ́nɔ̄ sɛ́nā
9. ʔi̋vúēnā	29. nʒò bīʃì kɔ́nɔ̄ ʔi̋vúēnā
10. nʒò k͡pā̰ (litː 'head of hand or arm')	30. nʒò bālà
11. nʒò k͡pā̰ kɔ́nɔ̄ k͡póì *	40. nʒò bàānā
12. nʒò k͡pā̰ kɔ́nɔ̄ bīʃì	50. nʒò vūè
13. nʒò k͡pā̰ kɔ́nɔ̄ bālà	60. nʒò ʃítà
14. nʒò k͡pā̰ kɔ́nɔ̄ bàānā	70. nʒò ʃíēnā
15. nʒò k͡pā̰ kɔ́nɔ̄ vūè	80. nʒò sɛ́nā
16. nʒò k͡pā̰ kɔ́nɔ̄ ʃítà	90. nʒò ʔi̋vúēnā
17. nʒò k͡pā̰ kɔ́nɔ̄ ʃíēnā	100. mò̬kāmā < Lingala ' mònkámá '
18. nʒò k͡pā̰ kɔ́nɔ̄ sɛ́nā	200.
19. nʒò k͡pā̰ kɔ́nɔ̄ ʔi̋vúēnā	1000.
20. nʒò bīʃì	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Luc Bouquiaux, CNRS-LACITO, Paris, France, April 18, 1999.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Luc Bouquiaux, 1999 年 4 月 18 日.

Other comments: Monzombo or Mondjembo, Monjombo is spoken by approximately

20,000 speakers in Likouala department: on Oubangui river., Congo as well as Democratic Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic. Monzombo has a decimal system. For number 10, which literally means ''head of hand or arm'', i.e. the ten fingers. The number hundred is a loan from Lingala language. Monzombo is a four level tonal language, a̋ = super-high, á = high, ā = mid, à = low. There are nasal vowels, which are expressed by a subscript tilde 'a̰'.

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