Patrick O'Beirne<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Linguist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguist</span></a> Danny Bate is on X but he also has a blog on <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <br><a href="https://dannybate.com/2024/03/27/the-fates-of-the-dual/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dannybate.com/2024/03/27/the-f</span><span class="invisible">ates-of-the-dual/</span></a><br>The Story of Indo-European’s (Mostly) Lost Number: The Dual.<br>It’s a short adventure into lost <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a>, exploring the bones of a number long since devoured by its plural sister, as well as the many connections to documented <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> with a living <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/dual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dual</span></a>, both modern and historical.<br>If you learn Modern Standard <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Arabic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabic</span></a>, for example, you’ll find that a noun can be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/singular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>singular</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/dual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dual</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/plural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plural</span></a>.</p>