The property Numeral Noun has the value “yesâ€ when there is at least one cardinal numeral that can precede the noun it modifies in a <a href="/glossary#neutral-context">neutral context</a>. For the purpose of this property, we exclude split numerals of the type found in Welsh (see example below). <br><br>

<b><a href="/glossary#cardinal-numeral">Definition of Cardinal Numeral</a></b><br><!--Cardinal numerals are words ("three") or phrases ("thirty two") signifying the number of 
things referred to. <br>--><br>

Examples:<br>
<br>
1.	<br>
English is “yesâ€ for the property Numeral Noun:<br>
<br>
Three boys<br><br>

2.<br>
Icelandic is "yes" for Numeral Noun:<br>
<br>
Þrjár greiningar<br>
three analyses<br>
<br>
3.<br>
Icelandic is also "yes" for Noun Numeral, since this order occurs in definite noun phrases:<br><br>

Greiningar.nar  þrjár<br>
analyses.the      three
<br><br>
<b>Reference:</b>
Sigurðsson, Halldór Ãrmann. 2006. The Icelandic Noun Phrase: Central Traits. <i>Arkiv för nordisk filologi</i> 121:193-236.<br><br>

4. <br>
Welsh is “yesâ€ for the property Numeral Noun.<br>
<br>
tri bachgen<br>
3 boy.sg<br>
'3 boys'<br>
<br>
5.<br>
Welsh also allows split numeral phrases, which are explicitly excluded from<br>
The property definition above:<br>
<br>
tri bachgen  ar  hugain<br>
3 boy.SG    on   20<br>
'23 boys'<br>
 <br>
Based on such examples, one might be tempted to say that for Welsh the property Numeral Noun has the value “yesâ€ and that the property Noun Numeral also has the value “yesâ€. But since “splitâ€ numerals are excluded, Welsh is only classified as having “yesâ€ for the property Numeral Noun.<br>
