Universal 1935: local interrogative is borrowed ⇒ temporal interrogative is borrowed
Original
If there is a word-form loan of a local interrogative in a language, then there is a word-form loan of a temporal interrogative, too.
Standardized
IF there is a word-form borrowing of a local interrogative, THEN there is a word-form borrowing of a temporal interrogative, too.
Keywords
borrowing, local interrogative, temporal interrogative
Domain
lexicon, morphology
Type
implication
Status
diachronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
mainly based on survey of Romani dialects (Indo-Aryan, IE), but also Aromunian (E. Romance, IE), Chamorro (W. Malayo-Polynesian), Saami (Finno-Ugric, Uralic), Swahili (Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo), Spanish (Romance, IE), Persian (Iranian, IE), Turkic languages, Dardic languages, Albanian (Albanian, IE), Kormakita Arabic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) and others
