| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - One example of such a language is Minangkabau, in which classifiers such as those illustrated in (1) are sometimes present, but in other cases absent: (3) Minangkabau (own knowledge) duo (ikue) anjiang two (clf) dog 'two dogs' Other examples of languages with optional numeral classifiers include Hungarian (Beckwith 1992), Chantyal (Noonan 2000), Hatam (Reesink 1999: 57-58), Tongan (own field work)
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