Marcel Diki-Kidiri
mdkidiri at free.fr
Sun Oct 23 15:30:20 CDT 2005
In Sängö language, plural marker is handled as follows:
item 0 ex.: zo "person" (general value, can be
singular or plural)
item 1 ex. zo 1 (singular)
items 2 / item 2 ex. âzo 2 (plural) but also "zo 2" since the
number 2 already implies a plural value. So, if 0 stands for the
unmarked (singular) form and 1 for the marked plural form, the rules may be:
n == 1 ? 0 : (n == 0 ? 0 : 1)
This formula doesn't make room for the possibility of using the unmarked
form when a plural value is already implied by a qualifying number or
any other quantifier, but this is not a hindrance. I hope that this
formula is correct, if not, please, let me know.
Sincerley yours,
Marcel Diki-Kidiri
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