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Re: Nyenya'a

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Friday, October 26, 2001, 13:29
Frank George Valoczy scripsit:

> Nyenya'a has classifiers, like Japanese:
This reminds me of a tidbit I found out recently. Some language of Asian Russia (dammit, can't remember which one) has something like 20 different sets of numerals, depending on the kind of noun which is quantified. Fairly transparently, this descends from a classifier system in which the classifiers lost their independent word status and became mere suffixes (usually just consonants or clusters) attached to the number. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org Please leave your values | Check your assumptions. In fact, at the front desk. | check your assumptions at the door. --sign in Paris hotel | --Miles Vorkosigan

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