Universal #538

Legacy number: 538

 Number  536
 Original  If in a language, in any sum the smaller addend precedes the larger, then the same order holds for all smaller numbers expressed by addition.
 Standardized  IF in any sum the smaller addend precedes the larger, THEN the same order holds for all smaller numbers expressed by addition.
 Keywords  numeral
 Domain  word formation
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  56 languages mentioned in Greenberg 1978a
 Source  Greenberg 1978a: 273 (#26)

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Discussion
Notes
1. See a more general statement in #1357. 2. Cf. also #539.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. See a more general statement in <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1357"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
2. Cf. also <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=539"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">