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Example 16-51
afrika ɔl ì bì namba wan tif
afrika
Africa
ɔl
all
ì
3sg
bì
cop
namba
number
wan
one
tif
thief
In the whole of Africa they are the greatest thieves.
Comment:
This example shows the ordinal number 'first' derived from the cardinal number.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Ordinal numerals: ‘First’, ‘second’, or more are suppletive, the others are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
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