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Re: THEORY: Number and animacy

From:Cian Ross <cian@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 0:20
On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 08:29 +0100, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
> Does anyone know of a natlang which distinguishes > number for animate, but not for inanimate nouns?
I rememebered Nahuatl doing this, and if you're willing to accept Wikipedia as an authority: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Nahuatl_grammar#Plural_forms CKR cian@cox-internet.com