Universal #1749

Legacy number: 1749

 Number  1744
 Original  Provided ordinal numerals are formally distinguished from cardinal numerals and one is based on/ derived from/ more complex than the other (rather than being suppletive), ordinals are always based on/ derived from/ more complex than corresponding cardinals.
(“Wenn Kardinalia und Ordinalia morphologisch unterschieden werden und eine Ableitungsbeziehung zwischen ihnen besteht, dann stellen die Kardinalia die Grundformen und die Ordinalia die abgeleiteten Formen.”)
 Standardized  When ordinal numerals are formally distinguished from cardinal numerals and one is based on / derived from / more complex than the other (rather than being suppletive), ordinals are always based on / derived from / more complex than corresponding cardinals.
 Keywords  numeral, cardinal, ordinal
 Domain  word formation
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 100 languages, listed in the appendix
 Source  Stolz 1999

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