Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Value Numeral precedes noun
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Order of cardinal numeral and noun
Examples
inda un doos voo trees pesaan nukuvii
inda
yet
uŋ
one
doos
two
voo
indf
trees
three
pesaam
person
nuku-vii
neg
-come
Another two or three people did not come. OR: Another two or three people have not come.
See
Smith 1974-5
: 5421
malvaar avara istintu taan tesirvii doos pesaam
malvaar
Tamil
agɔɔra
now
isti-ntu
this-
loc
taam
also
te-sirvii
prs
-work
doos
two
pesaam
person
Two Tamils are also working here now. OR: Two Tamils are even working here now.
See
Smith 1974-5
: 1372
×