Plural formula for Sängö language

Carlos Perelló Marín carlos.perello at canonical.com
Tue Nov 29 13:36:01 GMT 2005


Hi, sorry for the late answer, I missed this request completely...

The plural form I'm going to add is: 'n > 1' it's compatible with what
you gave us.

It will appear in our server anytime between next 24 hours.

Cheers.


On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 22:30 +0200, Marcel Diki-Kidiri wrote:
> In Sängö language, plural marker is handled as follows:
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> item 0                   ex.:  zo  "person" (general value, can be 
> singular or plural)
> item 1                   ex.  zo 1 (singular)
> items 2 / item 2      ex.  âzo 2  (plural) but also "zo 2" since the 
> number 2 already  implies a plural value. So, if 0 stands for the 
> unmarked (singular) form and 1 for the marked plural form, the rules may be:
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> n == 1 ? 0 :  (n == 0 ? 0 : 1)
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> This formula doesn't make room for the possibility of using the unmarked 
> form when a plural value is already implied by a qualifying number or 
> any other quantifier, but this is not a hindrance. I hope that this 
> formula is correct, if not, please, let me know.
> 
> Sincerley yours,
> 
> Marcel Diki-Kidiri
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Carlos Perelló Marín
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