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Datapoint for feature 33 and language wals_code_igb

Discuss WALS Datapoint for feature 33 and language wals_code_igb.

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at 3:07 pm by wals and is filed under Coding of Nominal Plurality, Igbo. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Datapoint for feature 33 and language wals_code_igb”

  1. Ekaterina Bobyleva Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 3:22 pm

    Abraham (1967:24-25) reports that Igbo has 4 ways of marking the plural overtly – enclitic ga (compatible with all nouns), 2 oppositional constructions invlolving 2 nouns, wmw ‘children’ (used with some human nouns and other animates) and ndi ‘persons’ (used with human nouns), and a postposed free-standing morpheme ha, presumably derived from the 3Pl pronoun (used with some nouns denoting animals).

    Full reference:

    Abraham, R.C. 1967. The Principles of Ibo. Ibadan: Institute of African Studies.

  2. Matthew Dryer Says:
    February 9th, 2010 at 4:07 pm

    Thank you. This will be corrected in the next online edition.

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