Universal #1751
Legacy number: 1751
| Number | 1746 |
| Original | Ordinal numerals are likelier to be borrowed than corresponding cardinal numerals. |
| Standardized | IF a cardinal numeral is a borrowing, THEN the corresponding ordinal numeral will also be a borrowing. |
| Keywords | numeral, cardinal, ordinal, borrowing |
| Domain | lexicon |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 100 languages, listed in the appendix |
| Source | Stolz 1999 |
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