Re: THEORY: irregular conlangs

I sent this to Ed directly, but it was meant for the list as well, so her=
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it is:

> Van: Ed Heil <edheil@...>
> Aan: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
> Onderwerp: Re: irregular conlangs
> Datum: zaterdag 2 oktober 1999 15:24
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> BTW, they do have mandatory possessives (you must always say "shima,
> nima, bima," "my mother, your mother, his/her mother"), but it's just
> a prefix and it's extremely regular.  They also have different words
> for, say, "father," depending on whether you're talking about a male's
> father or a female's father.
Something like this also occurs in Isthmus Zapotec:
biza?na Pedru   'Pedro's sister'
biza?na Maria   'Maria's brother'
benda Maria     'Maria's sister'
biza?na-be      'his sister / her brother'

So how to say 'Pedro's brother?'

Palantla Chinantec has different sets of numbers, depending on the counte=
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word(s) being animate or inanimate:
animate         inanimate
1. ha           k=EBw
2. o            t=F5
3. =FA          ?n=EFw=20

-> t=F5 Ni=ED 'two metal objects'
=FA z=EFy 'three dogs'

I think of incorporating somthing like this in Gbw=EC=E0 too.

I heard of Javanese having different words for people with a higher degre=
e
of social status. Anyone knows something more about that?