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**sR- > sVR- (R = m, n, ń, ŋ, r) | **sR- > sVR- (R = m, n, ń, ŋ, r) | ||
*''mé yn áwaħ'' (this DEF book) = 'this book' | *''mé yn áwaħ'' (this DEF book) = 'this book' | ||
*Revise Thensarian declension based on | *Revise Thensarian declension based on {{PAGENAME}} | ||
*Have a separate schwa phoneme ''ă'' /ə/? | *Have a separate schwa phoneme ''ă'' /ə/? | ||
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{{PAGENAME}} is subject to a fair amount of accentual and dialectal variation. | {{PAGENAME}} is subject to a fair amount of accentual and dialectal variation. | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
For a Tigolic language, | For a Tigolic language, {{PAGENAME}} is quite highly inflected (especially its declension system). | ||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
(TODO: gender in 3pl pronouns) | (TODO: gender in 3pl pronouns) | ||
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====Politeness==== | ====Politeness==== | ||
Modern | Modern {{PAGENAME}} has three levels of politeness in pronouns: | ||
*''fiar'' (sg.) is used for family members, friends, pets, inanimates, deities, and among blue-collar workers. It is becoming more common among young people. | *''fiar'' (sg.) is used for family members, friends, pets, inanimates, deities, and among blue-collar workers. It is becoming more common among young people. | ||
*''Lá'' is used as a polite second-person pronoun (for both singular and plural) for strangers or persons in positions of authority. It is still considered acceptable for some professions, such as superiors in military or schoolteachers, to refer to their counterparts with the familiar pronouns ''fiar'' and ''Séd'', although nowadays using ''Lá'' is becoming more common. | *''Lá'' is used as a polite second-person pronoun (for both singular and plural) for strangers or persons in positions of authority. It is still considered acceptable for some professions, such as superiors in military or schoolteachers, to refer to their counterparts with the familiar pronouns ''fiar'' and ''Séd'', although nowadays using ''Lá'' is becoming more common. | ||