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Safeyoka

Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute

Situation

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Sources

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Phonology

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Pronouns

Bourne (1977 ibid.) gives pronouns for Safeyoka of Folimaso in two case forms as follows:

subject possessive
1 sg.ŋ-kʌ n-tʃ-e ≈ nɨ-tʃ-e
2 sg.kɨ-kʌ kɨ-tʃ-e
3 sg.kɑ-kʌ kɑ-tʃ-e
1 pl.nɑ-kʷʌ nɑ-tʃʷ-e
2 pl.[se-kʷʌ]se-tʃʷ-e
3 pl.xʌ-kʷʌ xʌ-tʃʷ-e
1 dl.nɑ-kʷi nɑ-kʷij-e
2 dl.xʌ-ki xʌ-kij-e
3 dl.xʌ-ki xʌ-kij-e

(The second person singular subject form is not directly attested.)

Bourne's subject forms may be compared with those of Lloyd's (1973: 67) Ampale and West's (1973: 28) Wojokeso:

Lloyd 1973West 1973Bourne 1977
1 sg.n-kɐ ŋ-ko ŋ-kʌ
2 sg.kɨ-kɐ kɨ-ko kɨ-kʌ
3 sg.kɑ-kɐ ka-ko kɑ-kʌ
1 pl.nɑ-kʷɐ na-kʷo nɑ-kʷʌ
2 pl.se-kʷɐ se-kʷo [se-kʷʌ]
3 pl.hɑβɨ-kɐ hofɨ-ko xʌ- kʷʌ
1 dl.ne-kʷɐ ne-kʷo nɑ-kʷi
2 dl.si-kɐ si-ko xʌ-ki
3 dl.si-kɐ hi-ko xʌ-ki

Lloyd (1967: 67) gives Ampale object prefixes as follows:

1 sg.nɨ-
2 sg.kɨ-
3 sg.u-
1 pl.nɑ- ≈ ne-
2 pl.se-
3 pl.u-
1 dl.e-
2 dl.se-
3 dl.u-

Lloyd (1967: 70) gives Ampale masculine and feminine subject personalizing enclitics as follows:

masculine feminine
1 sg.-hʷɐʔ-ni -iʔ-ni
2 sg.-hʷɐ-tʃi -ki
3 sg.-hʷɐ -i
1 pl.-hʷɐ-nɑʔ-ni-βɐ-nɑʔ-ni
2 pl.-hʷ-ɑ-tʃi -β-ɑ-tʃi
3 pl.-hʷ-ɑ -β-ɑ
1 dl.-hʷɐ-jɑʔ-i -βɐ-jɑʔ-i
2 dl.-hʷ-ɑhu-tʃi-β-ɑhu-tʃi
3 dl.-hʷ-ɑʔu -β-ɑʔu

Verbal morphology

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