(Meadow Mari)

NumN

NumN: In the dominant order, the numeral precedes the noun.

(1)tidejal-əštetüžemjeŋil-a.
thisvillageINEthousandmanlive3SG
’A thousand people live in this village.’ (Riese et al. 2022: 108)

(2)vaz-əšterozapeledəš,səmət,šog-a.
vaseINEroseflowersevenstand3SG
’Roses, seven of them, are standing in the vase.’ (Riese et al. 2022: 108)

In Meadow Mari numerals precede the noun in a neutral sentence (1). A different word order is possible in non-neutral sentences (2) (Riese et al. 2022: 108).

Author: Bogáta Timár


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