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* Merger of /h/ into /x/. | * Merger of /h/ into /x/. | ||
* Significant flattening of the tone system, especially the higher tones; the high and rising tones, and the low and falling tones, may be merged altogether. Younger speakers, men, and Gajus with weaker ethnic identification show more deteriorated tone systems. | * Significant flattening of the tone system, especially the higher tones; the high and rising tones, and the low and falling tones, may be merged altogether. Younger speakers, men, and Gajus with weaker ethnic identification show more deteriorated tone systems. | ||
* Greater use of the female third-person singular pronoun ''hni'', including its inflected forms, which are often realized as ''hning'' (accusative) and '' | * Greater use of the female third-person singular pronoun ''hni'', including its inflected forms, which are often realized as ''hning'' (accusative) and ''hnìm'' (genitive) instead of ''hni ke'' and ''hni fóm''. Younger speakers will often suffix noun phrases referring to women or girls with these pronouns, which has convinced some Gaju scholars that Urban Gaju is taking on a [[w:grammatical gender|grammatical gender]] system. | ||
:Na nam emshang-e bo-bạkạ. | :Na nam emshang-e bo-bạkạ. | ||