Universal #549
Legacy number: 549
| Number | 547 |
| Original | In languages with singular/dual/plural systems in the noun, if the plural is used in any instances where a set of two objects is designated, the plural may be used with the numeral for 2. |
| Standardized | Provided the number marking of nouns distinguishes singular, dual, and plural, IF the plural is used in any instances where a set of two objects is designated, THEN the plural can be used on nouns in construction with the numeral ‘two’. |
| Keywords | number, dual, plural, numeral |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 56 languages mentioned in Greenberg 1978a |
| Source | Greenberg 1978a: 282 (#41) |
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