Editing Grammatical number (section)

===Classifiers with number morphology===
In [[Sanskrit]] and some other languages, number and case are fused categories and there is concord for number between a noun and its [[Predicate (grammar)|predicator]]. Some languages however (for example, [[Assamese language|Assamese]]) lack this feature.

Languages that show number inflection for a large enough corpus of nouns or allow them to combine directly with singular and plural numerals can be described as non-classifier languages. On the other hand, there are languages that obligatorily require a counter word or the so-called [[Classifier (linguistics)|classifier]] for all nouns. For example, the category of number in Assamese is fused with the category of classifier, which always carries a definite/indefinite reading. The singularity or plurality of the noun is determined by the addition of the classifier [[suffix]] either to the noun or to the numeral. Number system in Assamese is either realized as numeral or as nominal inflection, but not both. Numerals [ek] 'one' and [dui] 'two', can be realized as both [[free morpheme]] and [[clitics]]. When used with classifiers, these two numerals are cliticised to the classifiers.

Pingelapese is a Micronesian language spoken on the Pingelap atoll and on two of the eastern Caroline Islands, called the high island of Pohnpei. In Pingelapese, the meaning, use, or shape of an object can be expressed through the use of numerical classifiers. These classifiers combine a noun and a number that together can give more details about the object. There are at least five sets of numerical classifiers in Pingelapese. Each classifier has a numeral part and a classifier part that corresponds to the noun it is describing. The classifier follows the noun in a phrase. There is a separate set of numerical classifiers that is used when the object is not specified. Examples of this is the names of the days of the week.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hattori |first=Ryoko |year=2012 |title=Preverbal Particles in Pingelapese |publisher=Ann Arbor |pages=38–41 |isbn=978-126781721-1}}</ref>