Universal #1941

Legacy number: 1941

 Number  1935
 Original  If there is a word-form loan of a local interrogative in a language, then there is a word-form loan of a temporal interrogative, too.
 Standardized  IF there is a word-form borrowing of a local interrogative, THEN there is a word-form borrowing of a temporal interrogative, too.
 Formula  local interrogative is borrowed ⇒ temporal interrogative is borrowed
 Keywords  borrowing, local interrogative, temporal interrogative
 Domain  lexicon, morphology
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  mainly based on survey of Romani dialects (Indo-Aryan, IE), but also Aromunian (E. Romance, IE), Chamorro (W. Malayo-Polynesian), Saami (Finno-Ugric, Uralic), Swahili (Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo), Spanish (Romance, IE), Persian (Iranian, IE), Turkic languages, Dardic languages, Albanian (Albanian, IE), Kormakita Arabic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) and others
 Source  Elšík 2001: 141

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