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Sortal numeral classifiers
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Example 76-19:
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.
Source:
Stefánsson 1909
: 223
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
by
Hein van der Voort
cite
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
Feature:
Sortal numeral classifiers
Source:
Stefánsson 1909
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