Datapoint Louisiana Creole/Occurrence of nominal plural markers

In the 19th century, the plural morpheme was only used to mark specificity (Neumann 1985: 116).

Values

Invariant plural marking

Example 53-74:
Le vye moun parl en ta kreol.
Le
art.def.pl
vye
old
moun
people
parl
speak
en
art.indf
ta
lot
kreol.
Creole
The old people speak a lot of Creole.
French: Les vieux parlent beaucoup le créole.

Source: Neumann 1985: 112

Example 53-75:
Sa tou parl meriken akoz lez ekol.
Sa
dem
tou
all
parl
speak
meriken
American
akoz
because.of
lez
art.def.pl
ekol.
school
They all speak English because of the schools.
French: Ils parlent tous americain à cause des écoles.

Source: Neumann 1985: 112

Confidence:
Very certain