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<!-- In above sentence, intransitive stative "-ná-" is etymologically related to copula "-nan-" (to be).  Both are cognates to Minhast "-an" intransitive marker and Nankôre "iná" intransitive auxiliary.  I don't know why the regressive stress shift occurs -->
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=== Demonstratives ===
The demonstratives are determiners that point towards a specific entity.  They follow their heads.  Clitic versions append to the verb complexes.
{|  class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|-
! Type !! Independent !! Translation !! Example || Nahenic Cognates
|-
! '''Proximal '''
| nótsalo
| this one near me
| ''nahón nótsalo'' "this man here"
| 
* Minhast Gull Speaker dialect: <br/>''-nussar-''
* Nankôre: ''hosiayri'' <br/> /ho'ʃjaɪɾi/
|-
! '''Medio-Proximal'''
| iyáyalo
| that one by you
| ''nahón iyáyalo'' "that man next to you"
|
* Minhast Gull Speaker dialect: <br/>''-eyyar-, -yyar-''
* Nankôre: ''yaiyayri''
|-
! '''Distal'''
| pʼáyalo
| yonder, that one near him/her/them
|''nahón pʼáyalo'' "yonder man""
|
* Minhast Gull Speaker dialect: <br/>''-ppeyyar-''
* Nankôre: ''paypayri''
|-
! '''Invisible'''
| nando
| that one beyond the horizon, <br/>or occluded by a distant object
| ''nahón nando'' "that man <br/>(e.g. on the other side <br/> of the mountain)"
|
* Minhast Stone Speaker dialect: <br/>''-onda-'' "to conceal"(?)<ref>This remains a highly contested hypothesis.</ref>
|}


=== Numbers ===
=== Numbers ===
Anyar
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