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Re: Pronounlessly

From:Rhialto <rhialto@...>
Date:Friday, February 12, 1999, 1:27
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From: Gustavo Eulalio <guga@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Date: 11 February 1999 15:28
Subject: Pronounlessly


> Are there languages that don't have personal pronouns? Or that >use demonstratives instead? I know some languages do it in the third >person, but, what about languages that don't have specific pronouns for >the other persons?
Demua uses slightly modified demonstratives... kin/lin/win - this that the-other king/ling/wing - I you he I had originally planned on using something derived on teh lines of speaker - listener - hearer, but this seemed neater to me. --- Rhialto watashi wa honjitsu genki desu raijitsu kami ga kimeru