Talk:Cardinal numeral
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Proposed merge of Ordinal numeral with Cardinal numeral
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The two concepts are closely related, since finite cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers are the same mathematically. The cardinal one is also a stub. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:36, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: This is a linguistics article, not mathematics. There are other kinds of numerals recognized in linguistics, e.g. multipliers, and nominal numbers (see Numeral (linguistics) § Identifying numerals). "Cardinal and ordinal numerals" isn't a meaningful enough dichotomy to deserve its own article; it's best to keep them separate. – Farkle Griffen (talk) 19:24, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
- Why not merge both articles into Numeral (linguistics)? –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 20:14, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose - I can see why cardinal numeral may be difficult to fill with enough content to warrant a separate article (from Numeral (linguistics) I'd say), but ordinal numerals have interesting morphology and more, which should warrant a separate article. WALS has a chapter for them, for instance (including refs to further sources one could use to write more about them). //Replayful (talk | contribs) 15:16, 31 January 2026 (UTC)
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