Universal #1162

Legacy number: 1162

 Number  1158
 Original  If the indefinite article is derived from the cardinal 'one', non-numerable nouns cannot take indefinite article.
 Standardized  IF the indefinite article is derived from the cardinal 'one', THEN non-numerable nouns cannot take indefinite article.
 Keywords  indefinite article, numeral
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic and diachronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  106 languages surveyed in Moravcsik 1969
 Source  Moravcsik 1969: 86

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Coptic (Afro-Asiatic), where the indefinite article derived from the cardinal 'one' is used with names of materials that are non-numerable.