Numeral classifiers (specific to numerals)
- Category
- Nominal Categories - Gender and noun classification
- Notes
- Special classifier forms that occur only with numerals
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Languages
| Language | Feature Status | Grammatical Notes | Source | Etymology Notes | General Notes | Phylogenetic Code |
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Language | Feature Status | Grammatical Notes | Source | Etymology Notes | General Notes | Phylogenetic Code |
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| Achagua | no | -i is an "other" form, but otherwise numerals use the same set of classifiers | Wilson & Levinsohn 1992: 62 | |||
| Aché | no info | |||||
| Adnyamathanha | no | 0 | ||||
| Aghu-Tharnggala | No | 51 | 0 | |||
| Aguaruna | no | Overall 2007:162-8 | ||||
| Alyawarr | no | 0 | ||||
| Andoke | no | Landaburu 1979: p.135 | no evidence for this | |||
| Apurinã | no | no mention of numeral classifiers in section on numerals | Facundes, 2000: 359-360 | |||
| Arabana | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Arrernte | No | 90 | 0 | |||
| Asheninka Apurucayali | no | Mihas 2010:184 | ||||
| Añun | no info | Patte 1989 | ||||
| Bandjalang | No | 31 | 0 | |||
| Baniwa | yes | Aikhenvald 2001 Baniwa classifiers | ||||
| Barasano | no | Jones & Jones 1991, p.59 | Numerals occur with suffixes which generally refer to an implicit head. | |||
| Bardi | no | 0 | ||||
| Bare | no | Aikhenvald, 1995: 19 | ||||
| Batyala | no info | x | ||||
| Baure | no | "In his terms Baure has "numeral classifiers"... Classifiers which are "obligatory in many expressions of quantity" (Allan 1977:286). Baure classifiers attach to numerals and adjectives; they are part of nouns and incorporate into verbs." | Danielsen 2007: p138 | |||
| Bidjara-Gungabula | no info | x | ||||
| Bilinarra | no | 0 | ||||
| Biri | no info | x | ||||
| Bora | yes | Seifart - 2005:56 | ||||
| Bularnu | no info | x | ||||
| Bunuba | no | 0 | ||||
| Cabecar | no info | |||||
| Cahuilla | no | |||||
| Central Aymara | no | Huayhua Pari 2001: 212 | ||||
| Chemehuevi | no | |||||
| Comanche | no | |||||
| Cubeo | no | Morse & Maxwell 1999, p.74 | ||||
| Cupeño | no | |||||
| Damana | yes | noun must take a plural marking along with a number marking | ||||
| Darkinyung | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Desano | no | Miller 1999, p. 46 | ||||
| Dharawal | no info | x | ||||
| Dharuk | ||||||
| Diyari | no | 0 | ||||
| Djabugay | ||||||
| Djapu | no | 0 | ||||
| Djinang | N/A | 27 | 0 | |||
| Duungidjawu | n/a | 25 | 0 | |||
| Dyirbal | No | 240 | 0 | |||
| Dâw | no | /ɛ̃d/ determinant suffix occuring only on numerals | Martins 2004 | |||
| Eñepa | no | Aikhenvald 2000:128 | ||||
| Gabrielino | no | |||||
| Garrwa | no | 0 | ||||
| Githabul | N/A | 8 | 0 | |||
| Gooniyandi | no | 0 | ||||
| Guaymí | yes | Quesada 2008:91 | ||||
| Gugu-Badhun | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Gumbaynggirr | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Guna | yes | round, flat, bulky/oblong, long, general (respectively) | Smith texts | |||
| Gunya | N/A | 0 | ||||
| Gupapuyngu | ||||||
| Gureng Gureng | no info | x | ||||
| Guugu-Yimidhirr | N/A | 0 | ||||
| Hunter River and Lake Macquarie | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Hup | no | Epps 2008 | ||||
| Idaho Shoshone | no | |||||
| Ika | no | Frank 1989:39-59 | ||||
| Ingá | no | Levinson 1974, 1976, 1976b | ||||
| Jaru | no | 0 | ||||
| Jingulu | no info | x | ||||
| Kaingang | no info | Silva 2011 | ||||
| Kakua | no | Bolaños fieldnotes | ||||
| Kalkatungu | no | 0 | ||||
| Karajarri | N/A | 71 | 0 | |||
| Karitiana | no | Everett 2006:296 | ||||
| Katthang | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Kaurna | N/A | 0 | ||||
| Kawaiisu | no | |||||
| Kinikinau | no info | |||||
| Kitanemuk | no | |||||
| Kogi | no info | |||||
| Kokama | no | Vallejos 2010 | ||||
| Kokatha | N/A | 52 | 0 | |||
| Koreguaje | no | Cook & Criswell 1993, p.42-43 | corresponding to 'finger' (dedo) | |||
| Kotiria | yes | Stenzel 2004, p. 186 | ||||
| Kugu-Nganhcara | No | 447-8 | 0 | |||
| Kuku Yalanji | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Kunjen | No | 78 | 0 | |||
| Kurrama | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Kuuk Thaayorre | No | 279 | 0 | |||
| Luiseño | no | |||||
| Macaguan | no info | Buenaventura - 1993 | ||||
| Maipure | yes | Zamponi 2003:31 | ||||
| Makiritare | no | Hall 1988: 303 | ||||
| Makuna | no | Smothermon & Smothermon 1993, p.39 | ||||
| Makushi | no | Carson 1982: 56-58 | ||||
| Mapudungun | no | Zúñiga 2006, p. 87-9 | ||||
| Marrgany | N/A | 0 | ||||
| Martuthunira | no | 190 | 0 | |||
| Mathi-Mathi | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Matses | no info | |||||
| Mayi-Yapi | N/A | 0 | ||||
| Minica Witoto | no info | Minor and Minor. 1982. p.33 | ||||
| Mpakwithi | ||||||
| Muruwari | no | 84 | 0 | |||
| Nadëb/Roçado dialect | no | Weir 1984: 103-105 | ||||
| Nanti | no | Numerals use classifiers, but they are the same classfiers that are used with verbs, adjectives and nouns. | Michael, 2008. p. 332 | |||
| Narungga | N/A | 54 | 0 | |||
| Naso | yes | Quesada 2000 | ||||
| Ngaatjatjara | N/A | 35 | 0 | |||
| Ngarinyeri | N/A | 18 | 0 | |||
| Ngarinyin | ||||||
| Ngayawang | No info | x | ||||
| Ngiyambaa | no | 0 | ||||
| Nhanta | no | 0 | ||||
| Nheengatu | no info | very few examples of numbers. There don't seem to be num. class | Cruz 2011:165 | |||
| Ninam | no | Goodwin-Gomez, p.121-123 | no mention of any | |||
| Northern Emberá | no | Mortensen 1999:15-6 | Catío | |||
| Northern Paiute | no | |||||
| Nyangumarta | no | 0 | ||||
| Nyikina | no | 0 | ||||
| Nyulnyul | no | 0 | ||||
| Nyungar | no info | x | ||||
| Paakantyi | no | 0 | ||||
| Palikur | yes | Launey 2003 | ||||
| Panyjima | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Paraguayan Guaraní | no | Zarratea 2002:121-41 | ||||
| Paresi | no info | Rowan 1978, Rowan and Burgess 1979, Brandão 2010 | ||||
| Pemon | no | de Armellada 1999: 66, 67 | ||||
| Piapoco | yes | -ema only seems to appear with 'five' and -ba only with two, three, and four and a word meaning "quantity." | Galindo, 2002: 191 | |||
| Pintupi | no info | x | ||||
| Pitjantjatjara | N/A | 0 | ||||
| Pitta-Pitta | N/A | 192 | 0 | |||
| Puinave | no info | |||||
| Páez | no info | |||||
| Quechua Ayacuchano | no | Numerals take the same morphology as other nouns | Parker 1965:27, 32-46 | |||
| Resígaro | no | A "finger" classifier is used when counting without reference to a specific object. The classifier agrees with that used on the noun when specific objects are being counted. | Allin, 1976: 200-201 | |||
| Ritharrngu | N/A | 34 | 0 | |||
| Sanumá | no | Borgman 1990: p.144-151 | no mention of special numeral classifiers | |||
| Serrano | no | |||||
| Shoshone | no | |||||
| Sikuani | no | Queixalós 1988 | ||||
| Siona | no | Wheeler - 1987:118-119 | ||||
| Southern Paiute | no | |||||
| Southern Ute | no | |||||
| Surui | no info | |||||
| Tanimuca | no | Classifiers occur obligatory bound to numerals and optionally to adjectives and demonstratives. | Strom 1992, p.54 | |||
| Tariana | yes | The classifiers corresponding to "animate" and "human" take distinct forms on numerals. | Aikhenvald, 2003: 103-104 | |||
| Thanggati | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Tharrkari | N/A | 15 | 0 | |||
| Tikuna | no info | more likely not | ||||
| Timbisha | no | |||||
| Tukano | no | classifier suffixes are commonly used with numerals, however | Ramirez 1997: 333 | |||
| Uradhi | N/A | 334 | 0 | |||
| Urarina | no info | |||||
| Wajarri | No | 38 | 0 | |||
| Wakaya | no info | x | ||||
| Walmajarri | no | 0 | ||||
| Wambaya | no | 0 | ||||
| Wangkumara | no info | X | ||||
| Waorani | no info | |||||
| Wapishana | yes | Santos, 2006: 118 | ||||
| Warlpiri | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Warluwarra | no info | x | ||||
| Warnman | N/A | 14 | 0 | |||
| Warrgamay | N/A | 28 | 0 | |||
| Warrwa | no | 0 | ||||
| Warumungu | N/A | 0 | ||||
| Warungu | no | 0 | ||||
| Wathawurrung | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Waunana | no info | |||||
| Wayuu | n/a | Mansen & Captain, 2000 | ||||
| Wemba-Wemba | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Western Mono | no | |||||
| WesternTorres | no | 0 | ||||
| Wiradjuri | no info | x | ||||
| Wirangu | N/A | 0 | ||||
| Woiwurrung | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Worrorra | no | ms9.1 | 0 | |||
| Yagua | yes | Payne and Payne 1990:349 | ||||
| Yalarnnga | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Yan-nhangu | ||||||
| Yandruwandha | no info | x | ||||
| Yanesha' | no | Duff-Tripp 1997:253-66 | ||||
| Yanomami | no info | Ramirez 1994 | There don't seem to be any special numeral classifiers. At least none are mentioned by Ramirez. The three numbers in Yanomami (for person/number marking : sg, dual, plural) correspond directly to Yanomami's only numerals: 'one', 'two', and '3 or more' | |||
| Yanyuwa | no info | x | ||||
| Yavitero | no | No classifiers mentioned in sections on nouns or numerals. | Mosonyi, 1987: p. 36-48, 78 | |||
| Yawuru | ||||||
| Yidiny | no | 0 | ||||
| Yindjibarndi | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Yindjilindji | no info | x | ||||
| Yine | no info | Matteson 1965 | ||||
| Yingkarta | no | 0 | ||||
| Yir Yoront | ||||||
| Yorta Yorta | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Yugambeh | ||||||
| Yukuna | yes | Shauer & Shauer, 1978: 50 | ||||
| Yulparija | N/A | 0 | ||||
| Yuwaalaraay | N/A | 30 | 0 |
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