7.5. Pronouns

7.5.1. Personal pronouns

Khembelle Barushlani distinguishes three persons and three numbers but has no inclusive/exclusive distinction nor degrees of politeness as in the Charyan languages. There is also no distinction according to gender or animacy. The personal pronouns are:

Table 7.3. Khembelle Baruslani personal pronouns

biƞI1s
bidiwe1d
iƞkewe1p
ƞyou2s
ƞ.diyou2d
ƞ.keyou2p
ro:he3s
be:he, she, it (animate)3s
nit (inanimate)3s
dithey3d
kethey3p

7.5.2. Deictic pronouns

Separate from the personal pronouns are the proximal and distal deictics:

Table 7.4. Deictic pronouns

thisPROX
me:nthatDIST

7.5.3. Possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns are formed through the combination of the regular pronouns and the genitive case suffix, which, however, is used in a prefixal position:

Table 7.5. Khembelle Baruslani personal possessive pronouns

kəbiƞmy, mine1sPOSS
kəbidiour, ours1dPOSS
kəƞkeour, ours1pPOSS
kəƞyour, yours2sPOSS
kəƞ.diyour, yours2dPOSS
kəƞ.keyour, yours2pPOSS
kəro:nhis, her, hers, its3s
kəronditheir, theirs3d
kəbirtheir, theirs3p

7.5.4. Interrogative pronouns

The following interrogative pronouns have been attested:

Table 7.6. Khembelle Baruslani interrogative pronouns

nisaphuwhich
leruswho
prœƞhow
pulihow many
thaslihow much
wətwhat
teliwhy
teʔaphuwhere
piwhen