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Example 58-31
mu-ntu, ba-ntu, nkento, ba-nkento
mu-ntu,
sg1
-person
ba-ntu;
pl2
-person
∅-nkento,
sg
1a-woman
ba-nkento
pl
-woman
person, persons; woman, women
Comment:
The number in the gloss identifies the noun class. SG and PL are assigned to different formal classes.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
The associative plural: Associative plural marker identical to additive plural marker
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