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Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
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Occurrence of nominal plural markers
The data are very sparse; plural use is only optional and a rarely taken option.
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Variable plural marking of human nouns
Example 69-18:
nuŋgum munja kumbut asəŋ
nuŋgum
man
munja
man
kumbut
village
asəŋ
pl
village men
Example 69-19:
kumbuŋa
kumbuŋa
shells
shells
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
Feature:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers
Source:
Own field notes 1985
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