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Re: Queranarran description - comments?

From:JS Bangs <jaspax@...>
Date:Friday, November 28, 2003, 23:26
Quoting Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>:

> Quoting Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>: > > > > Singular Plural > > > > Nom. nima niman > > Acc. nima niman > > Voc. nimey nimanis > > Isn't there supposed to be universal saying that the vocative is the > simplest > form of the noun? Well, universals were made for breaking ...
Broken by natlangs, as well. Slavic fem. voc. in -o, and Romanian masc. voc. in -e both are not the simplest forms. -- JS Bangs jaspax@glossopoesis.org "We're counting on our virtues Because it's too hard to count the dead." -Jason Webley

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Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...>
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