Word order of quantifiers (Surgut Khanty)

QuantN: Quantifiers precede the nouns they modify.


(1) kāčəŋ ɔ̄ʌ-nə

every year-loc

’every year’


In Surgut Khanty, the universal quantifier kāčәŋ ‘every’ is in the modifier position, therefore it precedes the noun.

Author: 

Márta Csepregi