36 Sortal numeral classifiers

This feature is described more fully in chapter 36.

Summary

This feature (based on WALS feature 55, by David Gil) is about sortal numeral classifiers, which divide the inventory of count nouns into semantic classes, each of which is associated with a different classifier. An example is Chinese Pidgin English two piecee coolie 'two coolies'.

Authors

Philippe Maurer and the APiCS Consortium

Values

The language has no numeral classifiers72
The language has numeral classifiers4
Representation:76

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