Editing Grammatical number (section)

====Singular-paucal====

[[Zuni language|Zuni]], similarly to Hopi, shows a singular-dual versus plural distinction in its verbs, and a plural noun with a nonplural verb indicates dual. However, the opposite combination, a nonplural noun with a plural verb, is also possible, and can be variably interpreted as one, two, or a few. Zuni nouns have thus been described as having a "singular-paucal" versus plural distinction.<ref name="Walker1966">{{cite journal |last=Walker |first=Willard |date=1966 |title=Inflectional Class and Taxonomic Structure in Zuni |journal=International Journal of American Linguistics |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=217–227 [217, 217n3] |doi=10.1086/464906 |jstor=1263461 }}</ref><ref name="Harbour2020p87">{{cite journal |last=Harbour |first=Daniel |date=2020 |title=Frankenduals: Their Typology, Structure, and Significance |url=https://www.linguisticsociety.org/sites/default/files/04_96.1Harbour.pdf |journal=Language |volume=96 |issue=1 |pages=60–93 [87–89] |doi=10.1353/lan.2020.0002 |access-date=2024-03-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311174251/https://www.linguisticsociety.org/sites/default/files/04_96.1Harbour.pdf |archive-date=2024-03-11 }}</ref>

Some nouns in [[Navajo language|Navajo]] have also been described as working this way, such as:<ref>{{cite journal |last=Witherspoon |first=Gary J. |author-link=Gary Witherspoon |date=1971 |title=Navajo Categories of Objects at Rest |journal=American Anthropologist |series=N.s. |volume=73 |issue=1 |pages=110–127 [112] |doi=10.1525/aa.1971.73.1.02a00090 |jstor=671816 }}</ref>

*{{lang|nv|kǫ}} - "fire(s)" (one or several)
*{{lang|nv|'''daa'''kǫ}} - "fires" (many)

Similarly, although Larike pronouns exhibit singular, dual, trial, and plural, they can only be used for human referents. For nonhuman referents, there are only two possible numbers, which are marked on the verb: a plural, and a "singular" that can be used to mean anywhere from one to a few.<ref name="Corbett2000p123"/>