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Thus, there are two categories of collective nouns: '''5+''' and '''10+'''. | Thus, there are two categories of collective nouns: '''5+''' and '''10+'''. | ||
Because the usage of collective nouns is dependent on the grammatical number, they can be used to infer the number of a noun, e.g. one could infer that ''Mwéké-na tonai'', "army of people", means at least 10 people. | |||
Some other examples are: | |||
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! Noun | |||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||