Universal 527:
- Original
- Zero is never expressed as part of the numeral system.
- Standardized
- Zero is never expressed as part of the numeral system.
- Keywords
- numeral
- Domain
- lexicon
- Type
- unconditional
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- 56 languages mentioned in Greenberg 1978a
- Source
- Greenberg 1978a: 255 (#3)
- Counterexamples
Greenberg 1978: 255 notes: Instances in which reference is made to a class with zero members are normally dealt with by negative constructions in natural languages.