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* Three demonstrative series, all declining for gender but not for number: proximal '''nenė''' (parrot), '''neneis''' (dragon), '''neneim''' (lotus); medial '''nunū''' (p.), '''nunuis''' (d.), '''nunuim''' (l.); distal '''nanā''' (p.), '''nanās''' (d.), '''nanām''' (l.). | * Three demonstrative series, all declining for gender but not for number: proximal '''nenė''' (parrot), '''neneis''' (dragon), '''neneim''' (lotus); medial '''nunū''' (p.), '''nunuis''' (d.), '''nunuim''' (l.); distal '''nanā''' (p.), '''nanās''' (d.), '''nanām''' (l.). | ||
* The possessives: '''liliā''' (''lilem, liles''); '''meyā''' (''meyem, meyes''); '''sāmiā''' (''sāmim, sāmis''); '''negā''' (''negim, negis''); '''tamiā''' (''tamim, tamis''); '''tašñā''' (''tašñem, tašñes''); '''demiā''' (''demim, demis''). | * The possessives: '''liliā''' (''lilem, liles''); '''meyā''' (''meyem, meyes''); '''sāmiā''' (''sāmim, sāmis''); '''negā''' (''negim, negis''); '''tamiā''' (''tamim, tamis''); '''tašñā''' (''tašñem, tašñes''); '''demiā''' (''demim, demis''). | ||
<small>Note that both the demonstrative and the possessives are | <small>Note that both the demonstrative and the possessives are often not declined for gender in common speech in certain areas, most notably the densely populated area of the Lower Plains, including ''Līlasuṃghāṇa, Līlta, Galiākina, Ilėnimarta'', and a few areas near ''Līṭhalyinām'', ''Talliė'', and ''Lāltaṣveya'' — an area inhabited by around 100 million people.</small> | ||
In addition, '''yani''' is an emphatic pronoun not properly part of common speech (''demi'' is used instead) but sometimes found in high style. Archaic Chlouvānem had a demonstrative series consisting of proximal '''ami''' (''em, es''), medial '''uteni''' (''utam, utas''), and distal '''āteni''' (''ātam, ātas''), which declined in use throughout Classical times, when they were replaced by the newer ''nenė — nunū — nanā'' forms. | In addition, '''yani''' is an emphatic pronoun not properly part of common speech (''demi'' is used instead) but sometimes found in high style. Archaic Chlouvānem had a demonstrative series consisting of proximal '''ami''' (''em, es''), medial '''uteni''' (''utam, utas''), and distal '''āteni''' (''ātam, ātas''), which declined in use throughout Classical times, when they were replaced by the newer ''nenė — nunū — nanā'' forms. | ||