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Especially in contemporary Chlouvānem, the rank-neutral ''udhyāras'' (cf. "Comrade") is increasingly commonly used as a generic third person pronoun, though only after stating the name before. | Especially in contemporary Chlouvānem, the rank-neutral ''udhyāras'' (cf. "Comrade") is increasingly commonly used as a generic third person pronoun, though only after stating the name before. | ||
=====Reference table===== | |||
The following table is meant as a ''non-exhaustive'' reference for the ''most common'' ways used to refer to third person human referents in different situations, excluding titles: | |||
{| class="redtable lightredbg" style="textalign:center" | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=2 | If... !! Speaker is higher than Listener !! Speaker is equal to Listener !! Speaker is lower than Listener | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=3 | 3SG is higher than... !! both Speaker and Listener | |||
| ''yamei'' (name) ''lāma''<br/>''yamei'' (name) ''suntam/sintam'' || ''(yamei)'' (name) ''suntam/sintam(/lāma)'' || ''yamei'' (name) ''suntam/sintam'' | |||
|- | |||
! Listener,<br/>but lower than or equal to Speaker | |||
| ''udhyāras''<br/>''yamei lātiṃṣin''<br/>(name) ''lāma'' || / || / | |||
|- | |||
! Speaker,<br/>but lower than or equal to Listener | |||
| / || / || ''yamei'' (name) ''lāma'' | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=3 | 3SG is equal to... !! Listener | |||
| ''udhyāras''<br/>''yamei'' (name) ''tanta''<br/> (name) ''lāma'' || / || / | |||
|- | |||
! both Speaker and Listener | |||
| / || ''udhyāras''<br/>''lātiṃṣin''<br/> (name) ''lāma'' || / | |||
|- | |||
! Speaker | |||
| / || / || ''yamei'' (name) ''lāma''<br/>''udhyāras''<br/>''lātiṃṣin'' | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=3 | 3SG is lower than... !! Listener | |||
| ''udhyāras''<br/>(name) ''tanta'' || / || / | |||
|- | |||
! both Speaker and Listener | |||
| / || ''udhyāras''<br/>(name) ''tanta'' || / | |||
|- | |||
! Speaker | |||
| / || / || (name) ''lāma''<br/> ''udhyāras'' | |||
|} | |||
===Honorific titles=== | ===Honorific titles=== |
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