Nahónda: Difference between revisions
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| =sa | | =sa | ||
| =ko | | =ko | ||
| This one, near the speaker | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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.: | ||