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Non-Human features

From:Rob Nierse <rnierse@...>
Date:Monday, January 6, 2003, 10:11
Joseph wrote:

>Number - Natural >Meaning a natural amount of Xs. If the object in question is normally >found alone, it means one. If it is normally found in large groups, it means >a large group. If the object is imaginary or impossible, it means none at >all. Found in Teuthurev and Ilgoen.
This looks a bit like the way Kiowa treats number. Kiowa is not absolutive, but relative. It is in my conlang too. I wrote about it in: http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0206D&L=conlang&P=R4517&D=1&H=0&O=D&T=1 If you want more samples of my conlang, let me know Kiowa number is also mentioned in: http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0108A&L=conlang&P=R15031&D=1&H=0&O=D&T=1 Rob