Pronoun Paradigm: Gourmanchéma
Paradigm Details:
Language: (gux) Gourmanchéma.
Family:
System Type: F
Source: Beckett (1974).
Comment: gender 1 = class 1 = human, gender 2 = class 3 = inanimate (only distinction is the inanimate form having optional yu fo O) "The first and second person possessive is segmentally identical with the pronoun it replaces, and will have mid or high tone according to the tonal pattern occurring on the noun base + suffix follow." p74
Pronoun Paradigm:
| A | S | O | Poss. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (excl) Person Singular | m˧ | m˧ | ni˩ | m |
| 1st (excl) Person Dual | ti˧ | ti˧ | ti˩ | ti |
| 1st (excl) Person Plural | ti˧ | ti˧ | ti˩ | ti |
| 1st (incl) Person Dual | ti˧ | ti˧ | ti˩ | ti |
| 1st (incl) Person Plural | ti˧ | ti˧ | ti˩ | ti |
| 2nd Person Singular | a˧ | a˧ | a˩, ŋa˩ | a |
| 2nd Person Dual | yi˧ | yi˧ | yi˩ | yi |
| 2nd Person Plural | yi˧ | yi˧ | yi˩ | yi |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 1 | o˩ | o˩ | o˩ | o |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 2 | o˩ | o˩ | o˩, yu˩ | o |
| 3rd Person Dual | bi˩ | bi˩ | bi˩ | bi |
| 3rd Person Plural | bi˩ | bi˩ | bi˩ | bi |