Universal #1135

Legacy number: 1135

 Number  1131
 Original  If a language has the conception of an Duo-Paucal, it will have the conception of an Ambal.
 Standardized  IF the dual is conceived of as a paucal limited to two, THEN it will be conceived of as an ambal.
 Formula  Duo-Paucal ⇒ Ambal
 Keywords  number, dual, paucal, ambal
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages in Humboldt 1830, including Basque (isolate), Greenlandic (Eskimo-Aleut), Saami (Uralic), Tahitian, Malay (both Malayo-Polynesian), Indo-European (e.g. Sanskrit, Ancient Greek), Semitic languages, American languages (e.g. Quechua, Totonaca, Huasteca, Mapuche, Tamanaca, Chayma)
 Source  Humboldt 1830, as interpreted in Plank 1994b: 232

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Discussion
Notes
See also discussion on Plank 1989: 318-19.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
See also discussion on Plank 1989: 318-19.