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Re: Interesting Pronouns.

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Monday, May 7, 2001, 19:48
Hi!

Good discussion about pronouns.  I'm almost starting to change
the system of Tyl-Sjok, because of this, but it has to be thought
about.

Currently I have:
   jo - I, we
   je - you
   ja - he, she, it

But I thought about using the whole vowel space to express mixtures.
To start with, raise two of the vowels above:

   ju       - I, we (exclusive)
   ji > i   - you (exclusive)

And now, use the vowels in between to express inclusion:

   jo  (between ja and ju)  : we:   speaker and the other
   je  (between ja and ji)  : you:  listener and the other
   jy  (between ji and ju)  : we:   speaker and the listener
   jw  (in between all)     : we:   speaker, listener and the other

Cool, that'd be seven pronouns for seven vowels. :-) Would be nice for
jokes by using diphthongs!

(ji would be pronounced i instead, but maybe irregularly still
written ji, I don't know)

**Henrik