Coding of Nominal Plurality
by Matthew S. Dryer http://wals.info/feature/33
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February 17th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
The values for feature 33 (Coding of Nominal Plurality) of the following languages are errors both in the original 2005 book edition and in the original 2008 online edition but will be corrected in the 2009 edition of WALS Online:
* Berber (Siwa): Plural suffix -> Mixed morphological plural
* Mondunga: Plural suffix -> Mixed morphological plural
* Päri: Plural suffix -> Mixed morphological plural
* Pokot: Plural suffix -> Mixed morphological plural
* Berta: Plural suffix -> Mixed morphological plural
* Lagwan: Plural suffix -> Mixed morphological plural
* Coos (Hanis): Plural suffix -> Mixed morphological plural
In all seven of these languages, plural suffixes co-occur with plural stem change (analogous to man – men in English) as ways to form plurals, but were coded incorrectly due to a computing error.