I composed one sentence.

一人の人魚は「彼は動いていない，死んだでしょう」と言いました。The mermaid said 'It seems he isn't moving,
maybe he is dead'

Is it right to say 一人 about mermaids? If they are not humans, should I use
special counting suffix? are there any another mistakes?
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translation words suffixes animals
Is it right say 一人の人魚?
According to the article cited below, the correct counter for mermaids is
indeed 一人, 二人, etc. It says that because mermaids have a somewhat similar
physical form to humans and that they share the same basic emotions as humans,
the counter for people is used.

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