(By Jeremy Collins and Jay Latarche): "This question concerns whether there is an independent classifier system in possessive constructions that is not related to other nominal classification systems such as the gender/noun class of the language or numeral classifiers. ❡
We are concerned with markers that signal the nature of the possessor (possessor classifiers) or the possessum (possessed classifiers). This feature applies to both pronominal/nominal possessors and markers which are bound or free. Possessive classifiers need not be obligatory, it may also be possible to construct possessive phrases without possessive classifiers. ❡
Differences in the expression of individual, joint, separate and group possession are not relevant here."