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Value Numeral follows noun
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
Parameter:
Order of cardinal numeral and noun
References
Stefánsson 1909
Examples
awoñ'a ca'vik ai'tcū, ila awoñ'a ekal'luk ta'llimat a'itcū
awoñ'a
I
ca'vik
knife
ai'tcū,
give
ila
he
awoñ'a
I
ekal'luk
fish
ta'llimat
five
a'itcū
give
I gave him a knife (for which) he gave me five fish.
See
Stefánsson 1909
: 223
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