rarissimum 128: as many as five phonological tone levels, plus two falling and one rising contour tone Where found Black Miao (of Ch’ing Chiang Miao…
rarissimum 128
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infrequentale (family possession) 144: an asymmetric gender system, with genders distinguished in singular but not in plural, but a few words that do show a…
rarum 33
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rarum 33: negation expressed negatively, by omission of material present in affirmative clause (marked realis vs. unmarked irrealis mood inflection) Where found Tamil, Kannada, Toda,…
rarissimum 49
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rarissimum 49: an extra-large case inventory, of above 20 cases Where found Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic) (?) Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain complexity Keywords case Type rarissimum…
rarum 65
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rarum 65: inclusive/exclusive contrast for 2nd person (‘you several, non-SAPs included/excluded’) Where found SE Ambrym (Austronesian), Port Sandwich (Austronesian) (?); Yokuts (Yokutsan); Ojibwe, Cree, Fox,…
rarissimum 81
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rarissimum 81: (finite) verb-second word order in main declarative clauses only if the first constituent is an adverbial with strong negative force (such as never…
rarum 97
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rarum 97: verbs of cognition (especially ‘to think, know, remember’ – more precisely, non-communicative cognition, as opposed to cognition based on communication, such as ‘to…
rarissimum 113
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rarissimum 113: infix positioned after the second syllable of the stem Where found Dakota (Siouan) (?) Domain phonology, morphology Subdomain types of exponents and their…
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nonesuch 129: eight basic colour terms, of which no less than four are for REDs: shocking pink, burgundy, reddish brown, and wine red Where found…
infrequentale (family possession) 145: of all cardinal numerals, only that for ‘four’ agreeing in gender Where found Chechen, Ingush, Tsova-Tush (NE Central, or Nakh, Daghestanian)…