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Wutunhua
Etymology
From Mandarin 兩個 / 两个 (“two of”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
liangge
- two
Usage notes
liangge is equivalent to a suppletive -ge-suffixed form of the numeral ek (“two”) (< Mandarin 二 (èr)).
ek (“two”) is used in counting and in compound numbers, while liangge is used to describe the actual number of things.
References
- Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN