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Relatively few languages have the dual number. Most have no number or only singular and plural.
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. The plural in these languages is used only for groups greater than two.
Slovenian uses the dual number in full, as does Inuktitut. Sorbian, the Slavic language of a very small minority in Germany, also uses the dual number. The Greek language used in the Homeric texts, the Iliad and Odyssey, has some use of the dual. It existed but is now obsolete in standard Lithuanian, being used in poetic context and some dialects. Among living languages, modern standard Arabic uses dual number. Hebrew has some forms of dual, largely for measurements of time, parts of the body and things that come in pairs, such as švu`ayim (two weeks), `eynayim (eyes), šinayim (teeth, even all 32), and mišqafayim (eyeglasses). Akkadian had a dual number, though its use was confined to standard phrases like "two hands", "two eyes", and "two arms". PolishPolish polski jezyk polski is the official language of Poland. History Polish has been influenced by contact with foreign languages (foremost Latin, Czech, French, German, Italian, Russian and recently it has been virtually bombarded by English, especiall had dual in normal use in its earliest forms. Today only some objects that come in pairs like "two hands", "two eyes", "two ears" (but not "two legs" or "two arms") use it -- both plural and dual form for them is correct. Sanskrit also possesses a dual number, with specific (although fewer) inflections for verbs and nouns. Some Polynesian languagesThe Polynesian languages are a group of related languages spoken in the region known as Polynesia. They are generally considered to be a part of the Austronesian language group, belonging to the Eastern Malayo-Polynesian branch of that family. There are a, including NiueanThe Niuean language or Niue language (Niuean: ko e vagahau Niue is a Polynesian language, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian languages. It is most closely related to Tongan and slightly more distantly to other Polynesian langu and TonganTongan is an Austronesian language spoken in Tonga. It has 100,000 speakers and is a national language of Tonga. It is a VSO language. Tonga" is a Bantu language spoken in Malawi. Tongan is one of the many tongues in the Polynesian branch of the Austrones, possess a dual number for pronouns but not for nouns (indeed, they tend not to mark nouns for number at all).See also grammatical number, trial grammatical numberIn linguistics, the trial grammatical number is a grammatical number referring to 'three things', as opposed to 'singular' and 'plural'. Trial linguistic structures do not exist in English, nor do dual numbers..
Languages with dual include: