Hmong Njua was the only potential counterexample in the sample (see #1625): it has adjectives and uses classifiers, which typically occur in languages with sort nouns [-Shape]. As Rijkhoff argues, Hmong Njua is the only classifier language in the sample that on a more or less regular basis indicates whether the referent consists of a collective or a singleton “set” entity [+Shape] (rather than a sort entity [-Shape]).
Hmong Njua was the only potential counterexample in the sample (see #1625): it has adjectives and uses classifiers, which typically occur in languages with sort nouns [-Shape]. As Rijkhoff argues, Hmong Njua is the only classifier language in the sample that on a more or less regular basis indicates whether the referent consists of a collective or a singleton “set” entity [+Shape] (rather than a sort entity [-Shape]).