Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Datapoint
Early Sranan
/
Sortal numeral classifiers
Values
Show/hide details
The language has no numeral classifiers
Example 1-25:
Da vool ben siddom na
tin
eksi tappo, a brokko neni.
Da
det
.
sg
fowru
chicken
ben
pst
sidon
sit
na
loc
tin
ten
eksi
egg
tapu,
top
a
3sg
.
sbj
broko
break
neni.
nine
The chicken has been brooding on ten eggs, nine hatched.
German:
Diese Henne hat 10 Eyer zum brüten gehabt, aber nur 9 heraus gebracht, aus gebrütet. [op.cit.]
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 23
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Language:
Early Sranan
Feature:
Sortal numeral classifiers
Source:
Own knowledge
×