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Example 27-37
Di
twēdə
ēn am a ha twē hogo.
Di
det
twēdə
second
ēn
one
am
3sg
a
pst
ha
have
twē
two
hogo.
eye
The second one had two eyes.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 22
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Ordinal numerals: 'First' is suppletive, all other numerals are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
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