Prefixed / proclitic plurals

[Matthew S Dryer]

Marianne's comment is well taken.  There are various other instances among
the languages I listed as having plural prefixes in which the prefixes are
not simple plural affixes, but prefixes which code plurality plus some
other grammatical or semantic feature.  For example, the prefixes in Bantu
languages code both number and noun class.

Matthew

On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Marianne Mithun wrote:

> You may want to be careful to distinguish simple plural prefixes from
> prefixed pronouns which themselves contain plural markers. In the
> Iroquoian languages listed below, for example, the markers Matthew must
> have coded themselves contain plural suffixes, though the whole precedes
> the root.
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> Marianne Mithun
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> On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Matthew S Dryer wrote:
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> > My typological database lists the following 67 languages as having plural
> > prefixes:
> >
> > Africa:
> > KORDOFANIAN: Katla, Moro.
> > NORTHERN ATLANTIC: Diola-Fogny.
> > SOUTHERN ATLANTIC: Temne.
> > ADAMAWA-UBANGIAN: Gbaya Kaka, Sango, Zande, Nzakara, Barambu.
> > KWA: Twi, Nkonya, Lelemi, Adioukrou.
> > PLATOID: Jukun, Birom.
> > KAINJI: Amo.
> > BANTOID: Noni, Bankon, Tunen, Ewondo, Bobangi, Kikuyu, Swahili, Luganda,
> > Nkore-Kiga,Kihunde, Luvale, Lamba, Nyanja, Mwera, Ndonga, Shona, Zulu.
> > KADUGLI: Kadugli, Katcha, Krongo.
> > NILOTIC: Karimojong.
> > MANGBETU-ASUA: Mangbetu.
> > KOMAN: Koma.
> > EAST CHADIC: Kera.
> > SE Asia & Oceania:
> > BAHNARIC: Sre.
> > TSOUIC: Rukai.
> > PHILIPPINE AUSTRONESIAN: Palauan, Bontok.
> > SUNDIC: Enggano.
> > OCEANIC: Kaliai-Kove, Wedau, Sakao.
> > Australia-New Guinea:
> > CENTRAL AND SOUTH NEW GUINEA: Korowai.
> > NEW BRITAIN EAST PAPUAN: Sulka.
> > ANINDILYAKWA: Anindilyakwa.
> > MANGARAYI: Nunggubuyu.
> > GUNWINYGUAN: Ngandi.
> > MARAN: Alawa, Mara.
> > PAMA-NYUNGAN: Yanyuwa.
> > North America:
> > KUTENAI: Kutenai.
> > CHIMAKUAN: Quileute.
> > IROQUOIAN: Mohawk, Cherokee.
> > TSIMSHIAN: Gitksan, Tsimshian (Coast).
> > HUAVE: Huave.
> > ZAPOTECAN: Zapotec.
> > PIMIC: Papago, Nevome, Tepehuan (Northern).
> > TARACAHITIC: Eudeve.
> >
> > I record the following languages as having plural clitics which can occur
> > as proclitics, but which also can attach elsewhere in the NP:
> >
> > Bunuba, Mam, Cayuvava.
> >
> > Matthew Dryer
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