Universal #1928

Legacy number: 1928

 Number  1922
 Original  If more than one modifier occurs before the noun, the order is always Dem < Num < Adj.
 Standardized  When more than one modifier occurs before the noun, the order is always Dem < Num < Adj.
 Keywords  order, noun, modifier, demonstrative, numeral, adjective
 Domain  syntax
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  46 language sample collected by Croft & students: English, German, Norwegian, Russian, Finnish, Syrian Arabic, Thai, Mandarin, Palauan, Turkish, Korean, Japanese, Alamblak, Quechua, French, Italian, Spanish, Mam, Farsi, Abkhaz, Kiowa, Hualapai, Lahu, Yidiny, Irish, Welsh, Hebrew, Ute, Yoruba, Igbo, Turkana, Lamang, Kusaiean, W. Greenlandic, Amele, Manam, Babungo, Woleaian; and data drawn from Heine 1980: Sampur, Gabra, Luo, Lagali, Noni, Rendille, Aghem
 Source  Croft & Deligianni 2001

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Discussion
Counterexamples
The only exception to this generalization is an alternative word order in Alamblak (Sepik, "Papuan") that otherwise conforms to the generalization and other possible orders in Korean (isolate) and Quechua (Andean).
Notes
If more than one modifier occurs after the noun, however, virtually any order appears to be possible as the basic order of modifiers (Croft & Deligianni 2001). But are Dem and Num "modifiers"? What about adjective ordering if there is more than one? Also less constrained post- than pre-nominally?
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
If more than one modifier occurs after the noun, however, virtually any order appears to be possible as the basic order of modifiers (Croft & Deligianni 2001).

But are Dem and Num "modifiers"? What about adjective ordering if there is more than one? Also less constrained post- than pre-nominally?