| 4.6.0. Number |
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There are two numbers: (1) Singular (denoting one); (2) Plural (denoting more than one). Singualar forms do not usually have special markers. But the idea of more than one is seldom left unmarked.
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Plural morphemes in this language are -
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(1) /-lo:r  -r/
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(2) /- -k -sk/
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The occurence of these plural morphemes is conditioned by the gender of the noun concerned. The first set occurs with the masculine nouns and the latter with the non-masculine nouns.
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| 4.6.1. Masculine Plural |
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Masculine plural morphemes are -lo:r -r. While -lo:r occurs after -l ending nouns, -r occurs elsewhere.
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| -lo:r |
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ka:ka:-lo:r |
‘father’s younger brothers’ |
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da:da:-lo:r |
‘elder brothers’ |
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ba:ba:-lo:r |
‘father’ |
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karpaha:-lo:r |
‘beggers’ |
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mudiya:-lo:r |
‘old man’ |
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ga:ynta:-lo:r |
‘village priests’ |
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ko:pa:-lo:r |
‘milkman’ |
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wa:rwa:-lo:r |
‘singers’ |
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pe:ka:-lo:r |
‘boys’ |
| -r |
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tappe:-r |
‘fathers’ |
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kalle:-r |
‘thieves’ |
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guruju:-r |
‘teachers’ |
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tammu:-r |
‘brothers’ |
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pe mo:-r |
‘boys’ |
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leyo:-r |
‘young men’ |
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