Re: Effect on number agreement when new numbers arise

Pete wrote:

<<Known vs unknown quantities is a culturally important distinction for the
speakers. They're semi-nomadic herdsmen, and the distinction between
domestic animals that they've counted and wild ones that you haven't is
probably at the root of it.>>

Ah, then another question.   If this distinction is culturally important,
why isn't it as old as the other forms?

Pete also wrote:

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By the way, where are all these strange characters coming from? I've had to
edit them out of all the previous lines manually.>>

I have no idea.   My copy of the message doesn't have any strange
characters (well, except the strange box it put where you put a
thorn in the name of your language).   Could you send me a copy
of the message you got?   Maybe that'll help me figure it out.

-David
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