Universal #1515
Legacy number: 1515
| Number | 1511 |
| Original | In languages whose numeral systems consists of less than five numerals, the highest numeral is likely to be derived from an approximate quantifier such as ‘many’, ‘a few’, or ‘a couple’. |
| Standardized | IF numeral systems consists of less than five numerals, THEN the highest numeral is likely to be derived from an approximate quantifier such as ‘many’, ‘a few’, or ‘a couple’. |
| Keywords | numeral |
| Domain | lexicon |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Stampe 1976 |
| Source | Stampe 1976: 597, cited in Heine 1997: 23 |
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