Universal #565
Legacy number: 565
| Number | 563 |
| Original | If a language knows a Duo-Paucal, it will also contrast a general Paucal with a Multitudinal. |
| Standardized | IF there is a duo-paucal, THEN there is a contrast between a general paucal and a multal. |
| Formula | Duo-Paucal ⇒ Paucal & Mult(itudin)al |
| Keywords | number, dual, paucal |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages in Humboldt 1830, including Basque (isolate), Greenlandic (Eskimo-Aleut), Saami (Uralic), Tahitian, Malay (both Malayo-Polynesian), Indo-European (e.g. Sanskrit, Ancient Greek), Semitic languages, American languages (e.g. Quechua, Totonaca, Huasteca, Mapuche, Tamanaca, Chayma) |
| Source | Humboldt 1830, as interpreted in Plank 1989: 318; Plank 1994b: 232 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Lithuanian (Baltic, Indo-European); Australian, Austronesian, and Papuan languages (Plank 1989: 319).
Notes
MULTAL is a plural for large numbers, contrasting with a PAUCAL.
Comment
MULTAL is a plural for large numbers, contrasting with a PAUCAL.
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