<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear All,</div><div>sorry for the repeated sending: I replied to the wrong mail... <br></div><div>The initial input for this query was by Peter Arkadiev.<br></div><div><br></div><div>In Ayoreo (Zamucoan, spoken between Bolivia and Paraguay by about 5000 people) the interrogative <br></div><div><i>cho rique</i> (to be read according to the Spanish orthography)<br></div><div>can have a number of interpretations. At least the following:<br></div><div>- what</div><div>- how</div><div>- how much</div><div>- when</div><div>Another interrogative element, <br></div><div><i>gotique</i></div><div>has not less than the following meanings:</div><div>- why</div><div>- which</div><div>On the other hand, for 'who' one finds the specialized word <i>gosi</i> (<a href="http://M.SG" target="_blank">M.SG</a>), <i>gosode</i> (<a href="http://M.PL" target="_blank">M.PL</a>), <i>goto</i> (<a href="http://F.SG" target="_blank">F.SG</a>), <i>gotodie</i> (<a href="http://F.PL" target="_blank">F.PL</a>).</div><div>Best regards<br></div><div>Pier Marco</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il giorno dom 16 ago 2020 alle ore 19:06 David Gil <<a href="mailto:gil@shh.mpg.de">gil@shh.mpg.de</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Peter,<br>
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In Khumi (Tibeto-Burman) there are three interrogative words whose <br>
meanings correspond to 'who', 'what' and basically everything else. <br>
(Data from David Peterson p.c.)<br>
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David<br>
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On 11/08/2020 21:47, Peter Arkadiev wrote:<br>
> Dear typologists,<br>
><br>
> as is well-known, there are many languages lacking a distinction between "animate" and "inanimate" interrogative words (see the doctoral dissertation by Dmitry Idiatov), e.g. Lithuanian "kas" means both 'who' and 'what'. I am wondering if there are any languages where interrogative words don't distinguish between such ontological categories as "place", "time" and "manner", e.g. have a single interrogative word which, depending on the context, can mean "when", "where", "how" and the like.<br>
><br>
> Many thanks in advance and best regards,<br>
><br>
> Peter<br>
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> Idiatov, Dmitry. 2007. A Typology of Non-Selective Interrogative Pronominals. PhD Dissertation, Universiteit Antwerpen.<br>
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