Universal #631

Legacy number: 631

 Number  628
 Original  Distributive-share quantifier words are formed from their ordinary counterparts by morphological process.
 Standardized  Distributive-share quantifier words are formed from their ordinary counterparts by morphological process.
 Keywords  quantifier, distributive
 Domain  morphology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical, almost absolute
 Basis  Batak, Bontoc, Indonesian, Tagalog (all W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian), Dyirbal (Pama-Nyungan), Gã (Kwa, Niger-Congo), Georgian (S. Caucasian), Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic), Maricopa (Hokan), Turkish (Turkic, Altaic), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan), Latin, Portuguese, Rumanian, Spanish , Russian, English (all Indo-European), Hebrew (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic)
 Source  Gil 1992: 328, U10

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Partial exception: Latin, where most distributive-share numerals are formed, in accordance with this universal, by suffixation of ‘-n’ (with various morphophonemic adjustments), the distributive-share counterparts of the first two numersl are formed by suppletion: ‘singuli’ (one-share) from ‘unus’ (one), and ‘bini’ (two-share) from ‘duo’ (two) (Gil 1992: 343, fn. 30).