Datapoint Aboriginal English/Plural marking generally optional : for nouns with human referents

Variety: Aboriginal English
Feature: Plural marking generally optional : for nouns with human referents
Value: B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants: Ian Malcolm

Examples

Example 3850:
they don' like kid
they [dingos] don't like kids'

Source: Eagleson et al. (eds.) 1982: 224

Example 3851:
Twobala Ø sitting longa that tree
Two people are sitting under the tree'

Source: Butcher 2008: 633