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=====Demonstrative Pronouns=====
=====Demonstrative Pronouns=====


1) Pronominal demonstratives are identical to the 3rd person pronouns.
1) Pronominal demonstratives are believed to derive from the 3rd, 4th and 5th person pronouns and ken, the single demonstrative of Old Yamilhiq.


2) The locus of demonstration of each of these are displayed in the table below:
2) The locus of demonstration of each of these are displayed in the table below:
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|Pronoun Type  || Locus || English Equivalent
|Pronoun Type  || Locus || English Equivalent
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| 3rd Person Proximal|| Near speaker ||this, these
|Distance||Locus||SG|| PC|| PL ||
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| 3rd Person Medial|| Near hearer|| that, those
| Proximal|| Near speaker|| tikin||tukkun||tatkan
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|3rd Person Distal||Away from speaker and hearer||yon
|Medial||Near hearer||pikin||pukkun||patkan
|Distal||Away from speaker and hearer||likin||lukkun||latkan
|}
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