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 =====Heretoclitic Pronouns=====
-Interrogative and relative pronouns are encompassed by this class...
+Interrogative and relative pronouns are encompassed by this class, derived by the attachment of the particle ''-ma-'', denoting possibility. Notably, the interrogative group is not limited to the third person (e.g. ''numa'' "who (among me)?", ''tuma'' "who (among you)?", and ''suma'' "who (among them)?").
-tuma "you?"
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 ! Accusative
-| mata(C) || mana(C) || masa(C) || matau || manau || masau || matā(N) || manā(N) || masā(N)
+| matai(C) || manai(C) || masai(C) || matau || manau || masau || mataī(N) || manaī(N) || masaī(N)
 |-
 ! Dative
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 |-
 ! Oblique
-| tuma(C) || numa(C) || suma(C) || tauma || nauma || sauma || tūma(N) || nūma(N) || sūma(N)
+| tuima(C) || nuima(C) || suima(C) || taima || naima || saima || tuīma(N) || nuīma(N) || suīma(N)
 |-
 ! Ergative
-| tama(C) || nama(C) || sama(C) || tauma || nauma || sauma || tāma(N) || nāma(N) || sāma(N)
+| taima(C) || naima(C) || saima(C) || taima || naima || saima || taīma(N) || naīma(N) || saīma(N)
 |-
 ! Genitive
-| tima(C) || nima(C) || sima(C) || tauma || nauma || sauma || tīma(N) || nīma(N) || sīma(N)
+| tima(C) || nima(C) || sima(C) || taima || naima || saima || tīma(N) || nīma(N) || sīma(N)
 |-
 |}
+Although highly inflective, a pronoun such as ''masu'' "who, that" bears no animate-inanimate distinction. For this purpose,
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
+! rowspan="2" |
+! colspan="9" | MASCULINE/NEUTER DECLENSION (EURASIAN)
+|-
+! colspan="3" | Singular
+! colspan="3" | Dual
+! colspan="3" | Plural
+|-
+! Nom./Obl.
+| matu || manu || masu || matau || manau || masau || matū(N) || manū(N) || masū(N)
+|-
+! Acc./Erg.
+| mata || mana || masa || matau || manau || masau || matā(N) || manā(N) || masā(N)
+|-
+! Dat./Gen.
+| mati || mani || masi || matau || manau || masau || matī(N) || manī(N) || masī(N)
+|-
+! rowspan="1" |
+! colspan="9" | FEMININE DECLENSION (EURASIAN)
+|-
+! Nom./Obl.
+| matu || manu || masu || matau || manau || masau || matū(N) || manū(N) || masū(N)
+|-
+! Acc./Erg.
+| mata || mana || masa || matau || manau || masau || matā(N) || manā(N) || masā(N)
+|-
+! Dat./Gen.
+| mati || mani || masi || matau || manau || masau || matī(N) || manī(N) || masī(N)
+|-
+|}
+mam "which"
-''suma'' "who?" or "what?", ''masu ...'' "whom is ..." or "what is ...", ''masa'' "whom ..." or "what ..."
+''ûliru murasu' "the man is dead"
+''ûvil iru murá'' "the man is the dead one" ... ''ûl iru muraí'' "the man being dead"
+ as ''murá'' bears no article in the first case...
+muráciru "the dead one"
 ... can be reduced to ''mam'' "which" (in all its senses)
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 ''’āmma'' "what?", "what", "to what" in contrast with ''ma’āl'' "what ...", "what does...", "from what"
+compare the use of the possessive pronoun in ''mûm siru'' "his mother" with ''mûm simiru ûl māfár'' "the man whose mother died"
+syntactic implications of pronouns: ''mûm sima ûliru māfár'', ''mûm simiru ûl māfár'' , and ''mûmim miru ûl māfár'' are all equivalent to "the man's mother died". ...not in construct state because of the possessive pronoun
 =====Possessive Pronouns=====