Editing Grammatical number (section)

===Greater paucal===

The greater paucal number is a larger paucal category, for an inexactly numbered group that is larger in size than a smaller paucal. It can be found in the pronouns of the Austronesian language of [[Sursurunga language|Sursurunga]], which exhibit a five-way distinction described as singular, dual, paucal, greater paucal, and plural. The Sursurunga paucal is used for smaller groups, usually of about three or four, or for nuclear families of any size. The Sursurunga greater paucal is used for groups of four or more (and must be used instead of the plural for a group of two or more dyads). There is thus some overlap between the two groups; a family of four can be referred to in Sursurunga by either of the paucals.<ref name="Corbett2000p26">{{cite book |last=Corbett |first=Greville G. |author-link=Greville G Corbett |year=2004 |orig-year=2000 |title=Number |series=Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=26–29 |isbn=0-511-01591-7 }}</ref> This distinction is found both in Sursurunga's personal pronouns and in two different sets of possessive pronouns, one for edible things and one for non-edible things.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hutchisson |first=Don (compiler) |editor-last=Benroi |editor-first=Samson |editor-last2=Hutchisson |editor-first2=Sharon |year=2018 |title={{lang|sgz|Sálán má Worwor Talas uri tan Kuir Wor Sursurunga|cat=no}} (The Meanings and Explanations of Sursurunga Words) |url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/15/88/19/158819228519561049250925126870358697031/Full_Sursurunga_Dictionary.pdf |location=Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea |publisher=Summer Institute of Linguistics |pages=19–20, 23 |access-date=2024-02-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406093035/https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/15/88/19/158819228519561049250925126870358697031/Full_Sursurunga_Dictionary.pdf |archive-date=2020-04-06 |isbn=978-9980-0-4287-3 }}</ref>

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!
! Singular
! Dual
! Paucal
! Greater<br>paucal
! Plural
|-
! First (exc.)
| {{lang|sgz|iau}}
| {{lang|sgz|giur}}
| {{lang|sgz|gimtul}}
| {{lang|sgz|gimhat}}
| {{lang|sgz|gim}}
|-
! First (inc.)
| -
| {{lang|sgz|gitar}}
| {{lang|sgz|gitul}}
| {{lang|sgz|githat}}
| {{lang|sgz|git}}
|-
! Second
| {{lang|sgz|u}}
| {{lang|sgz|gaur}}
| {{lang|sgz|gamtul}}
| {{lang|sgz|gamhat}}
| {{lang|sgz|gam}}
|-
! Third
| {{lang|sgz|a}}
| {{lang|sgz|diar}}
| {{lang|sgz|ditul}}
| {{lang|sgz|dihat}}
| {{lang|sgz|di}}
|}