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Example 16-11
fɔ waif, twɛnti pikins
fɔ
four
waif,
wife
twɛnti
twenty
pikins
child.
pl
four wives, twenty children
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Order of cardinal numeral and noun: Numeral precedes noun
Sortal numeral classifiers: The language has no numeral classifiers
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