Re: QUESTION: types of plurals, few/many

 --- "H. S. Teoh" wrote:

> Heh, that sounds like an Ebisedian-inspired statement ;-)
As a matter of fact, it is. I must admit this, although it clearly undermines
the essence of my sig.

> OK, so other conlangs have come up with nullars before. But I don't know
> of any natlangs that have a nullar, though. It seems to be a conlang
> phenomenon. (Perhaps it might have something to do with the fact that most
> cultures, before the scientific age, don't even have a notion of
> "zero-ness".)
Yes, I have always found if astonishing that very little languages seem to have
a native word for "zero"; it's always either "zero" or "null".
I'm curious if there are natlangs with a nullar.

Jan

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