History of Dual

	Revision 7 . . (edit) November 7, 2001 10:09 pm by Zundark [reword first sentence & link to Language]
	Revision 6 . . November 7, 2001 10:04 pm by MichaelTinkler [adding Homeric Greek]
	Revision 5 . . November 7, 2001 9:13 pm by Zundark [examples, and link to Dual_space]

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Changed: 1c1

In some languages apart from the singular and plural, there is also a dual, which is used when exactly two people or things are meant.

In some languages, in addition to the singular and plural there is also a dual, which is used when exactly two people or things are meant.

Changed: 4c4

Some Slavic languages use dual number, as does Inuktitut.

Some Slavic languages use dual number, as does Inuktitut. The Greek language used in the Homeric texts, the Iliad and Odyssey, has some use of the dual.