Thread:User talk:CodeCat/Gothic cardinal numerals/reply (3)

There is appeal but I really hope you let it rest. Or it probably never will. :/ The reasoning is that "numeral" is considered a grammatical part of speech, but "cardinal numeral" generally isn't. At least not from what I've found. 2 and two are both numerals, since they both refer to a number (the second positive integer). So the new category structure is an attempt to make a clear distinction between grammatical function (numeral) and their underlying meaning (number). Those two things do not always have to coincide. Most "ordinals" are not actually a distinct part of speech in many languages (including Gothic), but often are adjectives. The cardinal number 100 in Gothic (hund) is a noun, not a numeral, since it has a gender. The multiples of ten are likewise noun phrases, and take a genitive whereas true numerals can take any case in Gothic.