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Wamesa Grammar

Wamesa Pronouns

Inclusivity

• Inclusivity in Wamesa affects 1du and 1pl, and indicates whether the listener is included in the narrator's group.

Number

Number indicates how many there are of something.

• There are three numbers in the Wamesa number system: singular, dual, and plural. In other words, there are morphemes indicating one of something, two, and more than two, as follows:

1. 1 p. sg. . . . . . jau. . . . i-, j-
   

   2 p. sg. . . . . . au . . . . bu-, -u-
   

   3 p. sg. . . . . . i. . . . . di-, -i-
   

   1 p. du. in. . . . nan(d)u. . tu(n)-
   

   1 p. du. ex. . . . amu(n) . . amu(n)-
   

   2 p. du. . . . . . man(d)u. . mu(n)-
   

   3 p. du. . . . . . san(d)u. . su(n)-
   

   1 p. pl. in. . . . tata(t). . ta(n)-
   

   1 p. pl. ex. . . . ama(t) . . ama(n)-
   

   2 p. pl. . . . . . mia(t) . . me(n)-
   

   3 p. pl. hum.. . . sia(t) . . se{n)-
   

   3 p. pl. non-hum.. si;. . . . si