[Lingtyp] "Super", "superlocative" or 'top' cases outside the Caucasus and Uralic?

[John Peterson]

Dear Jussi,

Perhaps the Konkani (Southern Indo-Aryan) case system given in the table 
below would be of interest to you? Best, John

Case

Singular

Plural

Nominative (= direct stem)

_-_

_-_

The following enclitic case markers attach to the oblique stem:

Objective (≈ Accusative / Dative)

_=k_

_=k_

Ergative / Instrumental

_=n_

_=ni_

Inesseive ('in')

_=nt (=n)_ (1)

_=ni_

Superessive ('on')

_=r / =cer_

_=r / =cer_

"Familiessive" ('at the home of')

_=ger_

_=ger_

Ablative

_=san / =sun_

_=cyan / =lyan_

_=san / =sun_

_=cyan / =lyan_

Genitive (general)(2)

_=c-ɔ / =c-i / =c-ɛ̃_

_=l-ɔ / =l-i / =l-ɛ̃_

_=c-ɔ / =c-i / =c-ɛ̃_

_=l-ɔ / =l-i / =l-ɛ̃_

"Kinship genitive" ('belonging to the household of')

_=gɛl-ɔ / =gel-i / =gɛl-ɛ̃_

_=gɛl-ɔ / =gel-i / =gɛl-ɛ̃_

Vocative

_-_

_=no_

Notes:
(1) While the standard form of the inessive singular is _=nt_, it is 
often realized as /n/_ _in both speech and writing, resulting in the 
total syncretism of the ergative/instrumental and the inessive cases in 
both singular and plural.
(2) According to the traditional analysis, the genitive forms with <c> 
(realized as /ʧ/ before high front vowels and as /ʦ/ elsewhere) can be 
used with all types of nouns, whereas the /l/-forms are only used with 
nouns denoting personal names of human possessors, although there are 
also exceptions. This requires further study.

Am 08.07.2022 01:08, schrieb Jussi Ylikoski:

> Dear all,
> 
> More than a year ago, in the midst of another discussion, I asked about 
> something that was never explicitly confirmed or refuted, and I would 
> now like to repeat my question (archived at 
> https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/lingtyp/2021-March/008683.html):
> 
> - - While many "Super", "superlocative" or 'top' cases can indeed be 
> found in Uralic and in the languages of Caucasus (Ossetic 
> (Indo-European) included), are there any other corners of the world 
> with such specialized cases? In other words, I'm looking for 
> morphological case distinctions as seen in the following Finnish word 
> pairs:
> 
> lipasto-ssa 'in the drawer' vs. lipasto-lla 'on the drawer'
> 
> tule-ssa 'in the fire' vs. tule-lla 'on the fire'
> 
> mere-ssä 'in the sea' vs. mere-llä 'on the sea'
> 
> I'd be happy to locate similar morphological distinctions outside the 
> Uralic family and the Causasus region.
> 
> (Edit: Frankly, at the time of correcting the proofs of a paper, I'd be 
> happy not to locate such cases elsewhere, but the truth must win out.)
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Jussi
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