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|  =sa
|  =sa
|  =ko
|  =ko
|  This one, near the speaker; compare ''saka'' with Minhast ''sap'' "this" (ABS)
|  This one, near the speaker  
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* Proto-Nahenic:
* Proto-Nahenic:
* Neina:
* Neina:
* Common Minhast:
* Common Minhast: ''sap'' (ABS)
* Nankôre:
* Nankôre:
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|  =na  
|  =na  
|  =ho
|  =ho
|  This/that one near the listener; compare ''na'' with Minhast ''nax'' "that" (ABS), ''ho'' with Nankôre ''=hori'' "that"
|  This/that one near the listener "that"
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* Proto-Nahenic:
* Neina:
* Common Minhast: ''nax'' (ABS)
* Nankôre: ''=hori''
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!  Distal
!  Distal
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|  =wa  
|  =wa  
|  =wo
|  =wo
|  Far from both speaker and listener; compare with Minhast ''waššī'' (ABS), Nankôre ''=nko
|  Far from both speaker and listener
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* Proto-Nahenic:
* Neina: =vaš
* Common Minhast: ''waššī'' (ABS)
* Nankôre: ''=nko''
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!  Invisible
!  Invisible
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|  =ya   
|  =ya   
|  =yo
|  =yo
|  Used for objects beyond sight or obstructed by another object.  It may also be used for a person or thing being referred to within a narrative or other discourse, and sometimes as a decessive. The ''=nko'' segment is likely a cognate with the Distal clitic ''=nko'' in Nankôre.
|  Used for objects beyond sight or obstructed by another object.  It may also be used for a person or thing being referred to within a narrative or other discourse, and sometimes as a decessive.
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* Proto-Nahenic:
* Neina:
* Common Minhast: ''waššī'' (?) (Distal)
* Nankôre: ''=nko'' (Distal)
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The independent forms may serve as attributives, in which case they appear before the noun phrase.  Unlike Minhast, which requires a connective particle to join the demonstrative to its head, in Nahónda the demonstrative is simply juxtaposed before its head, e.g.:
The independent forms may serve as attributives, in which case they appear before the noun phrase.  Unlike Minhast, which requires a connective particle to join the demonstrative to its head, in Nahónda the demonstrative is simply juxtaposed before its head, e.g.: