Universal 1134:

Universal 1134:

Original

If a dual, or any other number, is differentiated for a particular person of non-pronominal agreement forms, there will be a dual, or other number, for this person in pronouns.

Standardized

IF a dual is differentiated for a particular person of non-pronominal agreement forms, THEN there will be a dual, or other number, for this person in pronouns.

In fact, more generally:
IF any number is differentiated for a particular person of non-pronominal agreement forms, THEN this number will also be distinguished for this person in pronouns.

Keywords

number, dual, agreement, person, pronoun

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

languages surveyed in Plank 1989

Source

Plank 1989: 307

Counterexamples

Tunica (isolate remotely related to Algonquian) and Aleut (Eskimo-Aleut) (Plank 1989: 307).