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====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
Two third-person pronouns, ''dʰɛ'' and {{m|YCP-XX|o}}, are reconstructed. The contrast between them — animacy, distance, or discourse status — cannot be recovered; ''dʰɛ'' is conventionally taken as the animate or nearer member.
Two third-person pronouns are reconstructed, contrasting in gender: ''dʰɛ'' is feminine and {{m|YCP-XX|o}} masculine, the latter also serving where the referent is inanimate or unspecified. Every daughter language keeps the pair.
====Descendants====
====Descendants====
* {{desc|YCP-XA|dɛ}}
* {{desc|YCP-XA|dɛ}}
* {{desc|YCP-XB|hɛ}}
* {{desc|YCP-XB|hɛ}}
* {{desc|YCP-XC|rɛ}}
* {{desc|YCP-XC|rɛ}}

Latest revision as of 12:44, 24 August 2026

Proto-Andusian

Pronoun

*dʰɛ

  1. (feminine) she

Usage notes

Two third-person pronouns are reconstructed, contrasting in gender: dʰɛ is feminine and *o masculine, the latter also serving where the referent is inanimate or unspecified. Every daughter language keeps the pair.

Descendants

  • Proto-North-Andusian: *dɛ
  • Proto-South-Andusian: *hɛ
  • Proto-Unterian: *rɛ