Feature 49A: Number of Cases

by Oliver A. Iggesen

This feature is discussed in chapter 49. Related examples are available.

Values

No morphological case-marking (100 languages)
2 cases (23 languages)
3 cases (9 languages)
4 cases (9 languages)
5 cases (12 languages)
6-7 cases (37 languages)
8-9 cases (23 languages)
10 or more cases (24 languages)
Exclusively borderline case-marking (24 languages)
  total: 261