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Value 'First' is suppletive, all other numerals are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
Language:
Haitian Creole
Parameter:
Ordinal numerals
References
Valdman et al. 1996
: xxviii
Examples
en/in/on/yon - premye
en/in/on/yon
one
-
-
premye
first
one - first
French:
un - premier
See
Fattier 1998
: 842
Men dezyèm blag la!
Men
this.is
dezyèm
second
blag
joke
la!
def
This is the second funny story!
French:
Voilà la deuxième histoire drôle!
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