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Re: Ethnologue

From:Isaac A. Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 11, 2003, 10:20
Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> As I said already, there *are* languages which instead of a genitive use > adjectival forms of nouns (Hittite, IIRC, is an example).
Another good example of adjectival forms of nouns instead of genitive is found in Kalderash Romani: gaz'o - a foreigner gaz'esko dikhlo - a foreigner's kerchief (masc.) gaz'eski soba - a foreigner's room (fem.) Yitzik