Number is a grammatical category that distinguishes between different numbers of real-world entities. For example, many languages distinguish a singular number from a plural, the former begin associated with one entity and the latter with more than one. Other languages distinguish still more number values, including a dual (two entities) and a paucal (a few entities). It is important to distinguish between number, described here, and numerals, which cannot currently be described in this questionnaire. The answers you provide on this page will determine the values available on the lexicon page for the number feature (or the pernum feature, about which see the Person section of the questionnaire for more details).

Please describe the number hierarchy in your language. Add all the values of number that the language's grammar distinguishes. For each you may provide one or more supertypes, using the other number values you have defined or the root type number (which will be assumed if no supertype is provided). If your language does not have number as a grammatical category, leave this section blank.