Universal #544

Legacy number: 544

 Number  542
 Original  When there is a word order variation in addition between larger and smaller, and one order has an overt link and the other has not, it is always the order smaller+larger which has the link.
 Standardized  When there is a word order variation in addition between larger and smaller, and one order has an overt link and the other has not, it is always the order smaller+larger which has the link.
 Keywords  order, numeral
 Domain  word formation, syntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  56 languages mentioned in Greenberg 1978a
 Source  Greenberg 1978a: 277 (#33)

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Discussion
Notes
For example, in Latin 21 was either “unus et viginti” ‘one and twenty’ or “viginti unus” ‘twenty one’ . In Araucanian (Andean), 11 is either “mari quiñe” ‘ten, one’ or “quiña huente mari” ‘one on ten’.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
For example, in Latin 21 was either 'unus et viginti' 'one and twenty' or 'viginti unus' 'twenty one' . In Araucanian (Andean), 11 is either 'mari quiñe' 'ten, one' or 'quiña huente mari' 'one on ten'.