Universal #189

Legacy number: 189

 Number  189
 Original  Any case system with over a certain number of cases in it (probably somewhere around seven) will express locational relations with case forms.
 Standardized  IF there are around seven cases or more, THEN locational relations with be expressed by case forms; but not vice versa.
 Formula  ≥7 cases ⇒ case(s) for local relations
 Keywords  case system, local case
 Domain  inflection, syntax, semantics
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Kilby 1983
 Source  Kilby 1983: 55

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Discussion
Notes
The reverse is not true. Russian, for example, has six cases as compared to the five of Manchu (Tungus, Altaic), but only the latter expresses location in its case system in a systematic way. (Kilby 1983: 55)
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The reverse is not true. Russian, for example, has six cases as compared to the five of Manchu (Tungus, Altaic), but only the latter expresses location in its case system in a systematic way. (Kilby 1983: 55)