<HTML><BODY>Looks interesting and I dare say counter-intuitive.<br> Sergey<br><br><br>Понедельник, 5 августа 2013, 13:10 +02:00 от Matthew Dryer <dryer@buffalo.edu>:<br>
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appear to be the opposite, where there is definite marker that is
restricted to the plural (and no definite marker for singular),
namely Khmer and Iaai.<br>
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Matthew<br>
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On 8/4/13 9:49 PM, Sergey Lyosov wrote:<br>
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