9:48pm April 14, 2015

#318

badconlangingideas:

A conlang with singular, dual, and definite & indefinite plural number, but also singulative, dualative, and def./indef. pluralative affixations resulting in sixteen distinct grammatical numbers:

tree

pair of trees

some trees

trees

only tree

two halves of tree

many parts of tree

all parts of trees

two trees, individually

two pairs of trees

many pairs of trees

all pairs of trees

many trees, individually

many trees, in pairs

many groups of trees

many trees, in groups

all trees, individually

all trees, in pairs

all trees, in groups

infinite trees

And each of these has distinct verb agreement. Good luck telling the difference between some of these in conversation.

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