Vai

Language name and location: Vai, Liberia, Sierra Leone [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 瓦伊语, 利比里亚西北部博米县和大角山县及塞拉利昂境内

1. lɔ̀ndɔ́	21. mɔ̀ bándé àkɔ́ lɔ̀ndɔ́
2. fɛ̀(ʔ)á	22. mɔ̀ bándé àkɔ́ fɛ̀(ʔ)á
3. sàk͡pá	23. mɔ̀ bándé àkɔ́ sàk͡pá
4. náánì	24. mɔ̀ bándé àkɔ́ náánì
5. sóó(ʔ)ú	25. mɔ̀ bándé àkɔ́ sóó(ʔ)ú
6. sɔ̂ŋ lɔ̀ndɔ́ (5+1)	26. mɔ̀ bándé àkɔ́ sɔ̂ŋ lɔ̀ndɔ́
7. sɔ̂ŋ fɛ̀(ʔ)á (5+2)	27. mɔ̀ bándé àkɔ́ sɔ̂ŋ fɛ̀(ʔ)á
8. sɔ̂ŋ sàk͡pá (5+3)	28. mɔ̀ bándé àkɔ́ sɔ̂ŋ sàk͡pa
9. sɔ̂ŋ náánì (5+4)	29. mɔ̀ bándé àkɔ́ sɔ̂ŋ náánì
10. tâŋ	30. mɔ̀ bándé àkɔ́ tâŋ
11. tâŋ lɔ̀ndɔ́	40. mɔ̌ fɛ̀(ʔ)á bándé (20 x 2)
12. tâŋ fɛ̀(ʔ)á	50. mɔ̌ fɛ̀(ʔ)á bándé àkɔ́ tâŋ
13. tâŋ sàk͡pá	60. mɔ̌ sàk͡pá bándé (20 x 3)
14. tâŋ náánì	70. mɔ̌ sàk͡pá bándé àkɔ́ tâŋ
15. tâŋ sóó(ʔ)ú	80. mɔ̌ náánì bándé (20 x 4)
16. tâŋ sɔ̂ŋ lɔ̀ndɔ́	90. mɔ̌ náánì bándé àkɔ́ tâŋ
17. tâŋ sɔ̂ŋ fɛ̀(ʔ)á	100. hɔ́ndɔ̂ (< English 'hundred')
18. tâŋ sɔ̂ŋ sàk͡pa	200. hɔ́ndɔ̂ fɛ̀(ʔ)á
19. tâŋ sɔ̂ŋ náánì	1000. táúsùŋ (< English ' thousand')
20. mɔ̀ bándé (lit 'an entire person')	2000. táúsùŋ fɛ̀(ʔ)á

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. David Drevlow, The Institute For Liberian Languages, Liberia, February 3, 1995.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. David Drevlow, 1995 年 2 月 3 日.

Other comments: Vai has a quinary-vigesimal system. There are English loanwords for hundred and thousand with phonological adaptations. Vai is spoken by approximately 210,000 speakers in Bomi county: southwest coast; Grand Cape Mount county: coast and inland, Guinea as well as Sierra Leone.

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