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* ...1S is equal to 2S, '''lalla yañša''' is used, or just '''tami''' in familiar registers. | * ...1S is equal to 2S, '''lalla yañša''' is used, or just '''tami''' in familiar registers. | ||
* ...1S is higher than 2S, then: | * ...1S is higher than 2S, then: | ||
** if 3S is lower than 1S, ''' | ** if 3S is lower than 1S, '''āteliluyani''' (inflects as the pronoun ''yani'') is used invariably if 1S is female; for male 3S only if 1S is male too. | ||
** if 3S is lower than 1S, '''yañša''' is used for female 3S by male 1S; it is optional by female 1S. | ** if 3S is lower than 1S, '''yañša''' is used for female 3S by male 1S; it is optional by female 1S. | ||
** if 3S is equal to 1S, ''' | ** if 3S is equal to 1S, '''yoyardam''' is used. | ||
** if 3S is higher than 1S, '''lallayuṭhā''' is used (rarely pluralized even if referring to a plural subject). | ** if 3S is higher than 1S, '''lallayuṭhā''' is used (rarely pluralized even if referring to a plural subject). | ||
If 3S is equal to 2S and... | If 3S is equal to 2S and... | ||
* ...1S is lower than both, ''' | * ...1S is lower than both, '''yoyardam''' is used. | ||
* ...1S is equal to both, '''kemura''' is used, or just '''tami''' in familiar registers. | * ...1S is equal to both, '''kemura''' is used, or just '''tami''' in familiar registers. | ||
* ...1S is higher than both, '''yardam''' is used. | * ...1S is higher than both, '''yardam''' is used. | ||
If 3S is lower than 2S and... | If 3S is lower than 2S and... | ||
* ...1S is also lower than 2S, '''tami''' is invariably used by females and by 1S males for 3S males; ''' | * ...1S is also lower than 2S, '''tami''' is invariably used by females and by 1S males for 3S males; '''uihulyn''' is used by 1S males for 3S females. | ||
* ...1S is equal to 2S, '''kemura''' is used, or just '''tami''' in familiar registers. | * ...1S is equal to 2S, '''kemura''' is used, or just '''tami''' in familiar registers. | ||
* ...1S is higher than both, '''kemura''' is used for all 3S males and usually by 1S females for 3S females; '''yañsa''' is mandatory by 1S males for 3S females, and optional by 1S females. | * ...1S is higher than both, '''kemura''' is used for all 3S males and usually by 1S females for 3S females; '''yañsa''' is mandatory by 1S males for 3S females, and optional by 1S females. | ||
Note that familiar registers (which often include code-switching between Chlouvānem and a local vernacular), when used, may override any convention: as an extreme example, any very close friend or relative of the Great Inquisitor would refer to her as ''sāmi'' (and not ''lalla | Note that familiar registers (which often include code-switching between Chlouvānem and a local vernacular), when used, may override any convention: as an extreme example, any very close friend or relative of the Great Inquisitor would refer to her as ''sāmi'' (and not ''lalla yobrausa''); however this is obviously only possible in private contexts (while same-ranked people may use a familiar register in public - e.g. on the workplace). | ||
===Honorific titles=== | ===Honorific titles=== | ||