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Denis Paperno, « Number and agreement », Mandenkan, ID : 10.4000/mandenkan.565
9.1. Number expression within a noun phrase Generally, the number of a noun phrase is not manifested in the head noun. The single exception is the suppletive pair: (76) lɔ́kló ‘child’ – lɔ́mléŋ̀ ‘children’ It is clear however that historically even this pair contains an invariable noun and a number-marked adjective kló (singular) / plé (plural) ‘little’. The plural form also incorporates two copies of ŋ̀, probably a reduced version of the plural marker nṵ̀ŋ̀, so the plural form lɔ́mléŋ̀ ...