If yes, does any language have this feature?
By 'half-plural' I mean, somewhere between singular and plural, but not dual, trial, or quadral.
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By 'half-plural' I mean, somewhere between singular and plural, but not dual, trial, or quadral.
I believe you may be looking for the paucal number. Paucal, from Latin paucus, "a few", means:
pertaining to a language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial and plural.