Value Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns

Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
Parameter:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers
References
Cardoso 2009

Examples

  1. Es tud rəkri tud ε də moyrmoyr.
    Es
    dem
    tud
    all
    rəkri
    food.stall
    tud
    all
    ε
    cop.npst
    də
    of
    moyr~moyr.
    Muslim~Muslim
    All these food stalls belong to Muslims.

    See Cardoso 2009: 120

  2. Es tud ɔn foy raprig?
    Es
    this
    tud
    all
    ɔn
    where
    foy
    go.pst
    raprig?
    girl
    Where did the girls go?

    See Cardoso 2009: 173

  3. Ikəl tud koyz ki lɛvo nə museum father Marian ki lɛvo, nə?
    Ikəl
    dem
    tud
    all
    koyz
    thing
    ki
    rel
    lɛv-o
    take-pst
    nə
    loc
    <museum
    museum
    father>
    father
    Marian
    Mariano
    ki
    rel
    lɛv-o,
    take-pst
    nə?
    req
    Wasn't it father Mariano who took those things to the museum?

    See Cardoso 2009: 214

  4. Yo a da kriãs pə tɛtɛ.
    Yo
    1sg
    a
    irr.npst
    da
    give.inf
    kriãs
    child
    pə
    dat
    tɛtɛ.
    aunt
    I will give the children to (my) aunt.

    See Cardoso 2009: 196