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=====Evidentiality affixes=====
=====Evidentiality affixes=====
Evidentials mark the source of the speaker's information; a ''lack'' of evidential marking signals that the verb is an imperative or a purpose clause. Other discourse affixes also go into this slot.
Evidentials mark the source of the speaker's information; a ''lack'' of evidential marking signals that the verb is an imperative or a purpose clause. Other discourse affixes also go into this slot.
*''i-'' (before C), ''n-'' (before V) = I witnessed or otherwise directly experienced this
*''i-'' = I witnessed or otherwise directly experienced this
*''pyn-'' = information I obtained from hearsay or am quoting
*''pyn-'' = information I obtained from hearsay or am quoting
*''dre-'' = a third-party source I consider credible
*''dre-'' = a third-party source I consider credible