Datapoint Negerhollands/The associative plural

The example given of an associative plural is from a variety of Negerhollands at least 150 years older than the other examples, but the use of an associative plural in the texts of De Josselin de Jong (1926), though argued by den Besten (2008: 40–41), has not yet been indisputably established.

Values

Associative plural marker identical to additive plural marker

Example 27-28:
Hem seg, Meester sender sa wees welkom.
Hem
3sg
seg,
say
Meester
Master
sender
3pl
sa
will
wees
be
welkom.
welcome
He says that Master and his brother will be welcome.
Dutch: Hij zegt dat Meester en zijn broer welkom zullen zijn.

Source: Den Besten 2008: 41

Example 27-29:
Mie ha seg na die Neeger sender: [...].
Mie
1sg
ha
pst
seg
say
na
loc
die
det
Neeger
black
sender:
3pl
[...].
[...]
I told the blacks: [...].

Source: Magens 2008: 18

Confidence:
Intermediate