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