rarum 119: “conjunct vs. disjunct” system of (bound) person marking, with the conjunct form referring to the speaker in statements and the addressee in questions,…
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rarissimum 135
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rarissimum 135: a definite article only present in plural, but not in singular Where found Tok Pisin (English-based Pacific creole) Domain syntax Subdomain pronouns, articles…
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rarissimum 40: stem suppletion of an adjectival word (viz., the cardinal numeral ‘one’) determined by gender Where found Classical Greek (Hellenic, IE) Domain morphology: inflection…
nonesuch 56
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nonesuch 56: gender contrast (MASC/FEM) in personal pronouns exclusively in 1st person plural, both inclusive and exclusive Where found Shirumba (Heiban, Kordofanian) Domain morphology: inflection…
rarissimum 72
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rarissimum 72: number marking (for plural and dual) on personal pronouns (suppletive) as well as on expressives (or ideophones; by suffix, which is unusual in…
rarissimum 88
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rarissimum 88: plural marking of numeral (including ‘one’) to express that the reference of the NP is to groups of entities denoted by the accompanying…
nonesuch 104
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nonesuch 104: secondary word-stress on odd-numbered word-final syllables, but only if the word is morphologically complex, irrespective of its morphological composition; no secondary stress in…
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rarum 120: interrogative pro verbs Where found Southern Paiute (Uto-Aztecan); Chukchi (Chukchi-Kamchatkan); Mandarin (Chinese, Sino-Tibetan); Yankunytjatjara (aka Western Desert (PN), Kayardild ((non?) PN), and many…
infrequentale (family possession) 136: verbs agreeing with subjects in person and number in non-past tenses, but in gender and number in the past tense Where…