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Example 44-24
Lótro dos
numá ya andá y Mutyá,
lótros tres
.
Lótro
3pl
dos
two
numá
just
ya
pfv
andá
go
y
and
Mutyá,
Mutyá
lótros
3pl
tres.
three
Just the two of them went and Mutya, the three of them.
Comment:
The example shows the possibility of lexical distinction ('they two, they three').
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Ternate Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Dual in independent personal pronouns: No special dual form
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