Re: No plural morpheme

Kazakh and AFAIK the other Turkic languages have a
plural morpheme, but do not use it for numbered
quantities.
Thus:

kitap       = 'book'
kitaptar   = 'books'
ùsh kitap = '3 books'

My conlang Xinkùtlan borrowed this feature; Franj has
a similar usage, but it's restricted to the Edessan
dialect.

Geoff

--- caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
wrote:

> I enjoy reading fantasy lit.  Sometimes the authors
> use archaic
> language in the mouths of some of the characters.  I
> recently read one
> character saying, "It's seven mile away...."
>
> I'm trying to keep Senjecan grammar as uncluttered
> as possible.  I
> thought that I might not use a plural morpheme if
> the plurality of the
> noun was obvious as when, say, a number qualified
> the noun.
>
> What are your experiences with this in either a
> natlang or your
> conlang?  I believe that Japanese does this.
>
> Charlie
>

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