Pronoun Paradigm: Inuktitut (West Greenlandic Dialect)
Paradigm Details:
Language: (kal) Inuktitut (West Greenlandic Dialect).
Family:
System Type: F
Source: Fortescue (1984).
Comment: There exist distinct inflectional paradigms for possessive marking of nouns for each case (Fortescue 1984:205 ff). In addition to this, distinct paradigms of possessive markers for singular and plural possessed elements exist (Fortescue 1984:207). The elements listed are used with a singular possessum in the absolutive case.
Pronoun Paradigm:
| A | S | O | Poss. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (excl) Person Singular | uanga | uanga | uanga | -ga |
| 1st (excl) Person Dual | uagut | uagut | uagut | -put - |
| 1st (excl) Person Plural | uagut | uagut | uagut | -put - |
| 1st (incl) Person Dual | uagut | uagut | uagut | -put - |
| 1st (incl) Person Plural | uagut | uagut | uagut | -put - |
| 2nd Person Singular | ilːit | ilːit | ilːit | -t - |
| 2nd Person Dual | ilisːi | ilisːi | ilisːi | -si - |
| 2nd Person Plural | ilisːi | ilisːi | ilisːi | -si - |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 1 | una | uːma | una | -a |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 2 | una | uːma | una | -a |
| 3rd Person Dual | uku | ukua | uku | -at |
| 3rd Person Plural | uku | ukua | uku | -at |