Universal #1138

Legacy number: 1138

 Number  1134
 Original  If a dual, or any other number, is differentiated for a particular person of non-pronominal agreement forms, there will be a dual, or other number, for this person in pronouns.
 Standardized  IF a dual is differentiated for a particular person of non-pronominal agreement forms, THEN there will be a dual, or other number, for this person in pronouns.

In fact, more generally:
IF any number is differentiated for a particular person of non-pronominal agreement forms, THEN this number will also be distinguished for this person in pronouns.
 Keywords  number, dual, agreement, person, pronoun
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages surveyed in Plank 1989
 Source  Plank 1989: 307

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Tunica (isolate remotely related to Algonquian) and Aleut (Eskimo-Aleut) (Plank 1989: 307).
Notes
diachronic, if these agreement forms derive from pronouns.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
diachronic, if these agreement forms derive from pronouns.