Re: How much data in your conlang nouns?

Gary wrote:

<<1. Number (such as singular, dual, plural)
2. Gender (such as masc., fem., neut.)
3. Class or Declension (Varies with language)
4. Case (nom., dat., gen., etc. varies with language)
5. Social mode (formal, informal, royal, sacred, who
knows)>>

Okie doke.   Zhyler has singular and plural, 17 noun classes, and 57 cases.   
That comes to 1,938.   However, I'm not sure about including noun classes in 
this list...   Or maybe I just don't understand how noun classes would be the 
same as the plural.   If you strip away the plural, the noun case, etc., you 
still have a basic nominal idea.   If you strip away the noun class, you can 
end up with either nothing or something completely different--same goes for the 
gender (e.g., "niño" = "boy" in Spanish, but "niñ-" = ?).   Or am I 
overthinking this?

-David

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