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Example 8-7
Dem tiif di faiv buk outa di shap.
Dem
3pl
tiif
steal
di
det
faiv
five
buk
book
outa
out.of
di
det
shap.
store
They stole the five books from the store.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of cardinal numeral and noun: Numeral precedes noun
Sortal numeral classifiers: The language has no numeral classifiers
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