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Universal 392:

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Universal 392:

Original
If a language has the category of group plural at all, it will use it only with singular definite nouns, such as proper names, titles, and names of relatives.
Standardized
When there is the category of associative plural, it will only be used with singular definite nouns, such as proper names, titles, and names of relatives.
Keywords
number, plural, associative, noun, definite, proper
Domain
inflection
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic), Tagalog (W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian), Turkish (S. Turkic, Altaic)
Source
Moravcsik 1994a: 38
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    1. May 2020

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