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Occurrence of nominal plural markers
Count nouns are marked for plural and many mass nouns have a formal plural prefix.
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Invariant plural marking
Example 58-25:
mw-ana
mw-ana
cl1
-child
child
Example 58-26:
b-ana
b-ana
cl2
-child
(the) children
Example 58-27:
mu-ntu
mu-ntu
cl1
-person
a person
Example 58-28:
ba-ntu
ba-ntu
cl2
-person
(the) persons
Example 58-29:
mu-sapi, mi-sapi, di-lala, ma-lala
mu-sapi,
cl3
-finger
mi-sapi,
cl
4-finger
di-lala,
cl
5-orange
ma-lala
cl
6-orange
fingers, finger, an/the orange, (the) oranges
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
Feature:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers
Source:
Own knowledge
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