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====Demonstratives====
====Demonstratives====


1) Demonstrative pronouns are listed in the table below:
1) Pronominal demonstratives are listed in the table below; their possessive forms are parenthesised:


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|Name  || Locus || Singular || Dual || Plural
|Name  || Locus || Singular || Dual || Plural
|-
|-
| Proximal || Near speaker || qi || qik || qit
| Proximal || Near speaker || qi (qin-) || qik (qikna-) || qit (qitna-)
|-
|-
| Medial|| Near hearer || qu || quk|| qut
| Medial|| Near listener(s) || qu (qun-) || quk (qukna-)|| qut (qutna-)
|-
|-
| Distal || Away from speaker and hearer || qa || qak || qat
| Distal || Away from speaker and listener(s) || qa (qan-)|| qak (qakna-)|| qat (qatna-)
|}
|}
2) Pronominal demonstratives take case in the same manner as nouns.
3) Adnominal demonstratives are formed by simply suffixing the appropriate pronominal demonstrative to the noun. The number indices of the demonstrative suffixes supersedes the nominal number suffixes in this case. Eg: kātuquk = those two cats


=====Emphatic Pronouns=====
=====Emphatic Pronouns=====


These are formed by addinɡ the auɡmentative suffix -iqpak to the appropriate pronoun. Eɡ: dimiqpak "you yourselves".
These are formed by addinɡ the auɡmentative suffix -iqpak to the appropriate pronoun. Eɡ: dimiqpak "you yourselves".
=====Demonstrative Pronouns=====
Demonstrative pronouns are formed by affixinɡ the appropriate demonstrative suffix to the appropriate third person pronoun. Eɡ: qatqi = these ones.


=====Reflexive Pronouns=====
=====Reflexive Pronouns=====