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Plurality does not affect heirarchy across persons.  However, if two 3rd person pronouns are both serving as core arguments in a clause, animacy rules apply.
Plurality does not affect heirarchy across persons.  However, if two 3rd person pronouns are both serving as core arguments in a clause, animacy rules apply.


If used as a core argument, they appear in intransitive clauses only, and just before the clause-final particle ''itá''.  They may also be used to emphasize a noun, in which case the pronoun precedes the noun linked with the connective ''si='', as in ''tā si=naho'' (She/Her, the mother).
The following table lists the forms of the simple independent pronouns:


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If used as a core argument, they appear in intransitive clauses only, and just before the clause-final particle ''itá''.  They may also be used to emphasize a noun, in which case the pronoun precedes the noun linked with the connective ''si='', as in ''tā si=naho'' (She/Her, the mother).




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