Talk:Sum (country subdivision)

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[edit] Incorrect plural form

I think I introduced the plural form Somon here myself, because I found it a German-Mongolian dictionary. Now I found out that this is wrong, and was probably inspired by a russian form of the word. The correct plural in Mongolian is Сумууд, Sumuud.

Sumuud is a regular plural form, like Aimguud for Aimag. The question now is which plural form to use in the english language:

• Sum, for both singular and plural (probably what we'll do in German)
• Sums, the english standard plural form
• Sumuud, the mongolian standard form, that we then need to explain to the readers.

Any opinions? --Latebird 13:04, 18 January 2007 (UTC)