Nepali affixes in Manange

Summary

Affix function number of borrowed affixes

Description

Information and examples are from Hildebrandt (2004:82–83; see also Hildebrandt 2007:292). Note that the same classifier is also borrowed from Nepali to Baram (see Nepali affixes in Baram). Both cases of affix borrowing are included here because Baram and Manange are only distantly related and the borrowing events are assumed to be independent.

1 numeral classifier

  • -tʰa ‘general numeral classifier’, used optionally for every kind of noun (the only classifier in Manange, the Nepali source form is the non-human classifier, opposed to a human classifier), e.g. 4ŋi-ŋtha kòla (two-classifier/child) ‘two children’, 4shi-ŋtha 1p_ʌ_le (one-classifier/hand) ‘one hand’ (numbers in the transcription indicate tone).