Introducing DmÄnna

BP Jonsson wrote:
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>>Counting Words
>>     Many nouns take counting words to refer to specific quantities of
>>them, and there are many more that can optionally take a counting word.
>>Some of the most common counting words are as follows:
>>     nērga - for tiny, roundish things
>>     pāržda - for small amounts of liquids
>>     deha - for counting livestock
>>     lūksa - for fish
>>     a keda - for flat things
>>     a tesa / a dāla / a stāl - generic counting words
>>     a syalsa / vadrāp - for sections of things
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>Aren't these called 'quantifiers' when occurring in Asian langs?
That list calls to mind Indonesian languages....In most studies, as best I
recall, they're called "classifiers" or sometimes "counters" .

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