Re: THEORY: irregular conlangs
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 7, 1999, 23:46 |
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"R. Nierse" wrote:
> 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'
Ah, so _biza?na_ means "sibling of opposite sex", while _benda_ means
"sibling of same sex"?
> So how to say 'Pedro's brother?'
benda Pedru, of course.
> Palantla Chinantec has different sets of numbers, depending on the counted
> word(s) being animate or inanimate:
Japanese does something like that.
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