Re: Plural forms for Kannada

[Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>]

Hi Shankar,

> In Kannada, we have only two plural forms just like English - Singular and
> Plural.

And when the number is 0? Is it the same form as in plural, like in English

    0 files
    1 file
    2, 3, 4 files

or the same form as in singular, like in French

    0, 1 fichier
    2, 3, 4 fichiers

?

Bruno


> Hope this helps.
> 
> Thanks
> Shankar
> 
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2021 at 22:24, Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi, dear Kannada translators,
> >
> > I am the GNU gettext maintainer, and I would like to support correct plural
> > forms also for Kannada in the GNU gettext tools, out of the box, and
> > improve
> > the GNU gettext documentation.
> >
> > You certainly know about the "plural forms", as documented here:
> > https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Plural-forms.html
> >
> > I have gotten different data about Kannada, thus my question.
> >
> > * The page https://l10n.gnome.org/teams/kn/ suggests the formula
> >   nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);
> >
> > * But CLDR suggests the formula
> >   nplurals=2; plural=(n > 1);
> >
> > Which one is correct? That is, in sentences with plurals,
> > - does a sentence with the number 0 look like the sentence with any
> >   number > 1,
> > - or does a sentence with the number 0 look like the sentence with the
> >   number 1 ?
> >
> > If you are not sure: There are certainly books about the grammar of
> > your language, that describe this detail.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> >                        Bruno