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Re: DOS (was Re: Re Robot); conlangs with LOTS of cases

From:Nik <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 12, 2000, 23:39
Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
> What is the largest number of cases you ever built into one of your > languages?
26 in an early version of Watakassí. Now it's a far more reasonable 19. ;-) Actually, part of the reason for the current number is numerological. :-/ The cases are divided into two large groups, 7 non-local, 12 local, and the non-local are in turn (in the traditional usage) divided into 3 core cases (erg, abs, gen) and 4 other cases. For the Kassí, 3+4 and 3+3+1 are important groupings. That is, 7 by itself is not special, only if that group of 7 can be divided into a group of 3 and a group of 4 or 2 groups of 3 and one of 1. 12 is special by itself, but it best when it can be divided into 3 groups of 4 or 4 of 3. -- "Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor