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====Evidentiality affixes==== | ====Evidentiality affixes==== | ||
Evidentials mark the source of the speaker's information; evidential marking is mandatory for all verbs. Other discourse affixes also go into this slot. | Evidentials mark the source of the speaker's information; evidential marking is mandatory for all verbs. Other discourse affixes also go into this slot. | ||
*''co-'' (PTal ''*kosən''): I witnessed or otherwise directly experienced | *''co-'' (PTal ''*kosən''): I witnessed or otherwise directly experienced this | ||
*''pyn-'': | *''pyn-'': information I obtained from hearsay or am quoting | ||
*''dre-'': a third-party source I consider credible | *''dre-'': a third-party source I consider credible | ||
*''mei-'': my own inference, assumption or subjective opinion | *''mei-'': my own inference, assumption or subjective opinion | ||