Vagla

Language name and location: Vagla, Northern region, Ghana [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 瓦格拉语, 加纳北部省

1. k͡páŋ / k͡péé (when counting)	21. tòkkò ní k͡páŋ
2. ànɛ̀ɛ̀ *	22. tòkkò ní ànɛ̀ɛ̀
3. àhòrò *	23. tòkkò ní àhòrò
4. ànáázʊ̀ *	24. tòkkò ní ànáázʊ̀
5. ànúè *	25. tòkkò ní ànúè
6. ànʊ́mbɛl (bɛl ''a certain one'') *	26. tòkkò ní ànʊ́mbɛl
7. àníídàànɛ̀ɛ̀ *	27. tòkkò ní àníídàànɛ̀ɛ̀
8. ámàntánnààzí / ŋmàntánnààzí	28. tòkkò ní ŋmàntánnààzí
9. kábɛl (ka ''to remain'')	29. tòkkò ní kábɛl
10. fí	30. tòkkò ní k͡pɔrɡɔ
11. fídɪ̀k͡páŋ	40. tòkkò ànɛ̀ɛ̀ (20 x 2)
12. fídàànɛ̀ɛ	50. tòkkò ànɛ̀ɛ̀ nɪ́ fí / adunu (< Gonja) *
13. fídààhòrò	60. tòkkò àhòrò (20 x 3)
14. fídàànáázʊ̀	70. tòkkò àhòrò nɪ́ fí
15. fídàànúè	80. tòkkò ànáázʊ̀ (20 x 4)
16. fídàànʊ́mbɛl / fídàànʊ́mal	90. tòkkò ànáázʊ̀ nɪ́ fí
17. fídààníídàànɛ̀ɛ̀	100. kàlfà
18. fídìàmàntánnààzí	200. kàlfà ànɛ̀ɛ̀
19. fídìkábɛl	1000. káɡ͡bóŋ
20. tòkkò	2000. káɡ͡bóŋ ànɛ̀ɛ̀

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Marjorie Crouch, SIL International, December 18, 1998. Ms. Pat Herbert, SIL International, September 25, 2007, May 27, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Marjorie Crouch, 1998 年 12 月 18 日, 2008 年 5 月 27 日.

Ms. Pat Herbert, 2007 年 9 月 25 日.

Other comments: Vagla has a vigesimal system with special construction for 6 and 9. When counting, number one become /k͡péé/ and the /a/ is dropped from numbers 2 - 7. For counting people, /b/ is add to the beginning of numbers 2 - 7ː (banaa, bahoro, etc). For 50, there is a loanword from the Gonja language. Tone markingsː /á/=High, /à/=Low, Mid tone (unmarked). Vagla or Konosarola, Paxala is spoken by approximately 13,900 speakers in Northern region: Damongo district, Ghana.

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