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Toaq has relatively many '''pronouns'''. It makes distinctions that English does not: | Toaq has relatively many '''pronouns'''. It makes distinctions that English does not: | ||
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* '''Clusivity''': there are many words for “we” depending on who exactly is included. | * '''Clusivity''': there are many words for “we” depending on who exactly is included. | ||
* '''Exophora vs. anaphora''': there are different pronouns for “things or people external to the text” ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exophora exophora]) vs. “references to earlier phrases” ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaphora_(linguistics) anaphora]). | * '''Exophora vs. anaphora''': there are different pronouns for “things or people external to the text” ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exophora exophora]) vs. “references to earlier phrases” ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaphora_(linguistics) anaphora]). | ||
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| {{t|nhána}} || they (animate plural) | | {{t|nhána}} || they (animate plural) | ||
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| {{t|kóm}} | | {{unofficial|{{t|kóm}}}} || it (inanimate) | ||
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| {{t|ré}} | | {{unofficial|{{t|ré}}}} || it (abstract) | ||
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| {{t|úmo}} | | {{t|úmo}} || we (you and I) | ||
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| {{t|íme}} | | {{t|íme}} || we (they and I) | ||
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| {{t|áma}} | | {{t|áma}} || we (you, they, and I) | ||
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| {{t|há}} || one (people in general) | | {{t|há}} || one (people in general) | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||