Wamesa/Grammar

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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 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