Hi!
Paul Bennett writes:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Benct Philip Jonsson <bpjonsson@...>
>
> > Does anyone know of a natlang which distinguishes
> > number for animate, but not for inanimate nouns?
>
> *If* I recall correctly (and that is not a guarantee), Elamite does
> exactly that thing,
> as well as some other quite interesting things (partly caused by
> dividing the main "act/
> thing" parts of speech into nominals and verbs instead of nouns and
> verbs).
>
> If there's any interest, I'll dig up my notes when I get home.
Please dig! :-)
**Henrik