Any languages with exclusively post-nominal quantifiers?
Hey there, fellow linguists and language lovers!
You know how many languages can have quantifiers in both the pre- and post-nominal domains, for example:
English:
- "All the dogs were eating pizza."
- "The dogs were all eating pizza."
Russian:
- "Vse sobaki eli pitsu."
- "Sobaki vse eli pitsu."
while some languages have exclusively pre-nominal quantifiers:
Japanese:
- "Mina inu-wa piza-o tabemashita."
- (bad)"Inu-wa mina piza-o tabemashita."
Mandarin:
- "Suoyou gou chile bisa."
- (bad)"Gou suoyou chile bisa."
well, does anyone know of a language with exclusively post-nominal quantifiers? The only example I could find thus far is Old Kingdom Egyptian, but I'd really like to find a living language that does this.
Also, when it comes to co-referential, you have stuff like:
- "All the people were eating pizza."
- "Everyone was eating pizza."
- (bad)"Was eating everyone pizza."
- "Was everyone eating pizza?"
Afrikaans:
- "Al die mense eet pizza."
- "Almal eet pizza."
- "Eet almal pizza?"
The last examples are questions, but does anyone know of a language where the co-referential quantifier ("everyone"/"almal") can appear to the right of the verb while maintaining the statement function of the sentence?
I'd really appreciate some help! Thanks, everyone!