• Map-Legend:
  • Num-N
  • N-Num
  • Num-Clf-N
  • Clf-Num-N
  • N-Num-Clf
  • N-Clf-Num
  • Mixed Data
  • No Data
LanguageQuestionSubquestionColorParameterValuePreference
Akan73N-Num1
Amharic73Num-N1
Ika73Num-N1check
Ika73N-Num1check
Bernese German73Num-N1NA
Bwamu73N-Clf-Num1NA
Czech73Num-N1NA
Jula73N-Num1
Ninkaré73N-Clf-Num1NA
Finnish73Num-N1
Gagauz73Num-N1
Mongolian73Num-N1NA
Linxia Chinese73Num-Clf-N1
Huarong Chinese73Num-Clf-N1
Ancash Quechua73Num-N1NA
Hungarian73Num-N1
Indonesian73Num-N1NA
Indonesian73Num-Clf-N1NA
Italian73Num-N1
Jejueo73N-Num-Clf1NA
Kangle Chinese73Num-Clf-N1
Kazakh73Num-N1NA
Standard Mandarin73Num-N1NA
Standard Mandarin73Num-Clf-N1P
Standard Mandarin73N-Num-Clf1S
Marathi73Num-N1P
Marathi73N-Num1S
Mopan Maya73Num-N1NA
Mopan Maya73Num-Clf-N1NA
Mooré73N-Num1
Nepali73Num-N1
Nepali73Num-Clf-N1
Newari73Num-Clf-N1P
Newari73N-Num-Clf1P
Turkish73Num-N1
Turkish73Num-Clf-N1
Kannada73Num-N1
Kannada73N-Num1
Polish73Num-N1
Slovene73Num-N1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian73Num-N1
Cochabamba Quechua73Num-N1NA
English73Num-N1
English73Num-Clf-N1
Standard German73Num-N1
Standard German73Num-Clf-N1only mensural/groupal but no sortal classifiers
Thai73Num-N0.5NA
Thai73N-Num-Clf1NA
Tunen73N-Num1NA
Upper Sorbian73Num-N1NA
Vietnamese73Num-Clf-N1NA
Oromo73N-Num1

(73) What is the relative order of numeral, (classifier,) and head noun?

Alternatives to be checked: Num-N / N-Num (without classifier); Num-Clf-N / Clf-Num-N / N-Num-Clf / N-Clf-Num (with classifier)

three books (Num-N)

*books three (N-Num)

Mandarin

sān běn shū

three CLF book

'three books' (Num-Clf-N)

Explanation: If the language has classifiers, please also indicate the relative order of numeral and classifier and whether classifiers are obligatory. Num-N-Clf and Clf-N-Num are unattested.

Background: Probably no correlation with O-V/V-O, but Eurasia often has O-V and Num-N.