Universal #1987

Legacy number: 1987

 Number  1981
 Original  rigid type III (verb-final) ...
Optional plural. Expression of plural in the noun is optional and is normally absent in nouns when they are used in construction with numerals.
 Standardized  IF basic order is OV, THEN plural marking on nouns is optional, and is avoided in particular when nouns are accompanied by numerals.
 Keywords  order, OV, plural, numeral
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  impressionistic, based on Greenberg 1963 sample
 Source  Ferguson 1972: 107

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