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In article <1993Jan7.130658.22948@ghost.dsi.unimi.it> leva@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (paolo leva) writes:
>If you think of what can be asked about any situation
>that is possible to describe with language, you will find out that you have
>to use one of the wh-words, among those the following six seem to be the most
>essential: WHO, WHAT, WHY, HOW, WHERE, and WHEN.

This is English-specific, though.  Other languages may fail to make
the two-way distinction between `who' and `what'.  On the other hand,
in Nivkh it is a three-way distinction (human : animal : object).  As
opposed to which you may have a variety of HOWs and WHYs.

I'm also missing such essential (I would say) WHs as WHICH, WHAT KIND
OF / WHAT FOR and HOW MUCH / HOW MANY.

>We are ignoring the yes/no questions as you surely noticed.

Yes, WHETHER is nowhere to be found.

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