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Value ‘First’, ‘second’, or more are suppletive, the others are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Ordinal numerals
Examples
Di bwai-dem tek wan manngo an tuu apl.
Di
det
bwai-dem
boy-
pl
tek
take
wan
one
manngo
mango
an
and
tuu
two
apl.
apple
The boys took one mango and two apples.
Di fos manggo di bwai-dem tiif pwail.
Di
det
fos
first
manggo
mango
di
det
bwai-dem
boy-
pl
tiif
steal
pwail.
spoil
The first mango the boys stole spoiled.
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