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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