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…
nonesuch 56
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Month: May 2020
rarissimum 55
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rarissimum 55: gender contrast in personal pronouns exclusively in 1st person singular Where found Tocharian A (IE); Thai (Daic, Austroasiatic) Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain categories…
rarissimum 54
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rarissimum 54: gender contrast (MASC/FEM) in personal pronouns for 2nd, 3rd, and sometimes also 1st plural and for 2nd singular but not for 1st and…
rarissimum 53
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rarissimum 53: gender contrast of nouns, but not of pronouns (except interrogative ones, in Teop) Where found Turkana (Nilotic, Nilo-Saharan); Teop (Bougainville, Oceanic, Austronesian) Domain…
nonesuch 52
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nonesuch 52: a divine gender (for nouns for gods, saints, comets, and other supernatural referents), contrasting with masculine, feminine, animal, and inanimate genders Where found…
nonesuch 51
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nonesuch 51: lack of even a minimal binary contrast (proximal/distal) in basic local adverbial deictics Where found Bavarian (Germanic, IE) Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain complexity…
rarissimum 50
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rarissimum 50: an extra-large inventory of pronominal words, of some 200 Where found Rennell (Futunic, Polynesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian) Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain complexity Keywords pronoun…
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…
rarissimum 48
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rarissimum 48: words taking as many as four cases simultaneously Where found Kayardild ((non?)PN, Australian) Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain complexity Keywords case, Suffixaufnahme Type rarissimum…
rarum 47
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rarum 47: use of an oblique case on a non-finite verb form to express evidentiality (hearsay, inferential) Where found Estonian and South Estonian dialects (Uralic);…