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The pronouns doubling as adjectives are: | The pronouns doubling as adjectives are: | ||
* Three demonstratives, all declining for case only, not for number: proximal '''nenē'''; medial '''nunū'''; distal '''nanā'''. | * Three demonstratives, all declining for case only, not for number: proximal '''nenē'''; medial '''nunū'''; distal '''nanā'''. | ||
* The possessives: '''liliā''', ''' | * The possessives: '''liliā''', '''lileṣyā''', '''mājñā''', '''sāmiā''', '''sareṣyā''', '''naniā''', '''nanešā''', '''ravyā''', '''ravedyā''', '''kūriā''', '''kūredyā''', '''tamiā''', '''tameṣyā''', '''tamaniā''', '''demiā''', ('''yaniā'''). | ||
Among younger speakers in some areas the Jade Coast, most notably in Līlasuṃghāṇa, Taitepamba, and Mileyīkhā, demonstratives and possessives are not inflected at all, e.g. ''lili nanā phēcamu mišau'' "I saw that cat" instead of standard ''lili nanau phēcamu mišau''. | Among younger speakers in some areas the Jade Coast, most notably in Līlasuṃghāṇa, Taitepamba, and Mileyīkhā, demonstratives and possessives are not inflected at all, e.g. ''lili nanā phēcamu mišau'' "I saw that cat" instead of standard ''lili nanau phēcamu mišau''. | ||