Universal 1131: Duo-Paucal ⇒ Ambal

Universal 1131: Duo-Paucal ⇒ Ambal

Original

If a language has the conception of an Duo-Paucal, it will have the conception of an Ambal.

Standardized

IF the dual is conceived of as a paucal limited to two, THEN it will be conceived of as an ambal.

Keywords

number, dual, paucal, ambal

Domain

inflection

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

languages in Humboldt 1830, including Basque (isolate), Greenlandic (Eskimo-Aleut), Saami (Uralic), Tahitian, Malay (both Malayo-Polynesian), Indo-European (e.g. Sanskrit, Ancient Greek), Semitic languages, American languages (e.g. Quechua, Totonaca, Huasteca, Mapuche, Tamanaca, Chayma)

Source

Humboldt 1830, as interpreted in Plank 1994b: 232

Counterexamples