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

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.

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