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Navajo vs Duoplural - What's the difference?

navajo | duoplural |

As nouns the difference between navajo and duoplural

is that navajo is the navajo language while duoplural is (linguistics|grammar) duoplural number; the grammatical number of a noun marking two or more of something (as in singular or duoplural) some languages that employ the duoplural are navajo and taos, where the verb shows singular, dual, and plural numbers, but the nouns are marked only as singular or nonsingular (duoplural).

As an adjective duoplural is

(grammar) pertaining to grammatical number (as in singular and plural), referring to two or more of something; nonsingular.

navajo

English

(wikipedia Navajo)

Alternative forms

* Navaho

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.

    • Derived terms

    * Navajo white

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An Apachean (Southern Athabaskan) language of the Athabascan language family belonging to the phylum. It is spoken by 149,000 people in the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado).

    • See also

    * (Athabaskan languages) * (Southern Athabaskan languages) * * (nv)

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    duoplural

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (grammar) Pertaining to grammatical number (as in singular and plural), referring to two or more of something; nonsingular.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics, grammar) duoplural number; the grammatical number of a noun marking two or more of something (as in singular or duoplural). Some languages that employ the duoplural are Navajo and Taos, where the verb shows singular, dual, and plural numbers, but the nouns are marked only as singular or nonsingular (duoplural).

    • See also

    * dual * paucal * plural * quadral * singular * singulative * trial * unal