Language name and locationː Wè Northern, Côte d'Ivoire [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 北部韦语 (沃贝语 Wobe), 科特迪瓦西部山地区

1. too³ ~ due¹

21.  kwla³ sɔɔn² jɔ³ due¹

2. sɔɔn² ~ sɔn²

22.  kwla³ sɔɔn² jɔ³ sɔn²

3. taan³

23.  kwla³ sɔɔn² jɔ³ taan³

4. nyiɛ⁴³

24.  kwla³ sɔɔn² jɔ³ nyiɛ⁴³

5. mm⁴¹

25.  kwla³ sɔɔn² jɔ³ mm⁴¹

6. mɛ⁴¹o³     (5+1)

26.  kwla³ sɔɔn² jɔ³ mɛ⁴¹o³

7. mɛ⁴¹sɔn²  (5+2)

27.  kwla³ sɔɔn² jɔ³ mɛ⁴¹sɔn²

8. mɛ⁴¹na³   (5+3)

28.  kwla³ sɔɔn² jɔ³ mɛ⁴¹na³ 

9. mɛ⁴¹nyiɛ³ (5+4)

29.  kwla³ sɔɔn² jɔ³ mɛ⁴¹nyiɛ³

10. puue³

30.  kwla³ taan³

11. puue³ jɔ³ due¹

40.  kwla³ nyiɛ⁴³

12. puue³ jɔ³ sɔn²

50.  kwla³ mm⁴¹

13. puue³ jɔ³ taan³

60.  kwla³ mɛ⁴¹o³

14. puue³ jɔ³ nyiɛ⁴³

70.  kwla³ mɛ⁴¹sɔn²

15. puue³ jɔ³ mm⁴¹

80.  kwla³ mɛ⁴¹na³ 

16. puue³ jɔ³ mɛ⁴¹o³

90.  kwla³ mɛ⁴¹nyiɛ³

17. puue³ jɔ³ mɛ⁴¹sɔn²

100. kwɛ² due¹

18. puue³ jɔ³ mɛ⁴¹na³ 

200. kwɛ²  sɔɔn²

19. puue³ jɔ³ mɛ⁴¹nyiɛ³

1000. wlu¹ due³⁴

20. kwla³ sɔɔn²

2000. wlu¹  sɔɔn²

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Verena Hofer, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Côte d'Ivoire, April 10, 1997.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Verena Hofer, 1997 年 4 月 10 日.

Other comments: Wobe or Wè Northern has a quinary, decimal system. Wobe is the only two Kru languages which have adopted the decimal system. Wobe has seven tonesː very high=[a¹], high=[a²], mid=[a³], low=[a⁴]; rising tonesː  low-very high=[a⁴¹], low-mid=[a⁴³],  mid-high =[a³⁴].

Wè Northern or Wobe is spoken by approximately 300,000 speakers in Fakobly and Kouibly subprefectures, Montagnes district, Côte d'Ivoire.