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===PIE dual=== | |||
The PIE dual is not continued anywhere in Lifashian, but it left its mark in certain oppositions where constructions denoting dual number are treated differently from both singular and plural. These include: | |||
* Two different ordinals for "first" and "second": ''hancás'' and ''ispétás'' used for three or more things, ''farterás'' and ''halyás'' used for exactly two things; | |||
* The construction ''himbi lú'' for "all two" (lit. "both two"), while quantities from three onwards use "all", i.e. ''somals teri'', ''somals pitúri'', ''somals pembi'' and so on; | |||
* The form ''lilásti'' for twenty (an original dual) vs. ''tiresyát'', ''pitóresyát'', and so on, continuing PIE plurals. | |||
==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||