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Example 58-28
ba-ntu
ba-ntu
cl2
-person
(the) persons
Comment:
This can be used specifically or non-specifically/generically, depending on discourse context.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Invariant plural marking
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural prefix
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: No nominal plural word
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