Wamesa/Grammar

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 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