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Universal 622:

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Universal 622:

Original
Distributive-key quantifier words and their ordinary counterparts are not morphologically related.
Standardized
Distributive-key quantifier words and their ordinary counterparts are not morphologically related.
Keywords
quantifier, distributive
Domain
morphology
Type
unconditional
Status
diachronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
Batak, Bontoc, Indonesian, Tagalog (all W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian), Dyirbal (Pama-Nyungan), Gã (Kwa, Niger-Congo), Georgian (S. Caucasian), Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic), Maricopa (Hokan), Turkish (Turkic, Altaic), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan), Latin, Portuguese, Rumanian, Spanish , Russian, English (all Indo-European), Hebrew (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic)
Source
Gil 1992: 319, U5
Counterexamples
Lakhota (Siouan): the distributive-key universal quantifier ‘iyohila’ is formed from the ordinary universal quantifier ‘iyuha’ by suffixation of the diminutive ‘-la’; Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic): the distributive-key numerals ‘mindkét’ and ‘mindhárom’ are formed from their ordinary counterparts by a process of compounding (Gil 1992: 342, fn. 23)

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    1. May 2020

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