rarum 26: ‘four’ as a regular base for a numeral system Where found Nyali (aka Huku, Bantu, Niger-Congo), Afudu (affiliation?, Africa); Hawaiian (originally; Polynesian, Austronesian);…
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rarissimum 42
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rarissimum 42: number suppletion of the indefinite pronoun, with the singular form identical to the numeral ‘one’ and (here comes the nonesuch) the plural (and…
nonesuch 58
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nonesuch 58: contrast in pronouns for 2nd and 3rd person for sex of the referent and also of the speaker Where found Diuxi Mixtec (Oto-Manguean)…
rarissimum 74
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rarissimum 74: endoclitics occurring not only inside morphologically complex words, but even within monomorphemic words, with the positioning of the clitic (a)regulated by one general…
nonesuch 90
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nonesuch 90: accusative alignment for proper names and kin terms (as used for address), tripartite alignment for singular pronouns, neutral alignment for non-singular pronouns and…
nonesuch 106
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nonesuch 106: pitch accent and lexical tone as independent contrasting categories of word prosody Where found Papiamentu (Iberian-based creole) Domain phonology Subdomain word-stress, tone Keywords…
rarissimum 122
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rarissimum 122: a definite article formally distinct from (one form or another of) any kind of pronoun – demonstrative, personal (free, clitic, or bound), possessive,…
nonesuch 138
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nonesuch 138: mixed ergative-accusative alignment, with person prefixes on intransitive verbs cross-referencing subject and person prefixes on transitive verbs cross-referencing object (=absolutive), while verbs also…
rarissimum 43
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rarissimum 43: definite article co-expressing tense (past vs. non-past) Where found Chamicuro (Maipuran Arawakan) Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain cumulation, sensitivity Keywords definite article, tense Type…