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Example 20-171
number one young Hyson thirty-five taelee
number
number
one
one
young
young
Hyson
Hyson
thirty-five
thirty-five
taelee
tael
35 taels for No.1 young Hyson
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: VI.18
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Ordinal numerals: All ordinal numerals are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals, but ‘first’ may also be suppletive
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