Rara #56

Legacy number: 56

 Number  56
 Phenomenon  gender contrast (MASC/FEM) in personal pronouns exclusively in 1st person plural, both inclusive and exclusive
 Found in  Shirumba (Heiban, Kordofanian)
 Domain  morphology: inflection — categories and their domains: gender, respect
 Type  nonesuch
 Keywords  personal pronoun, inclusive, exclusive
 Source  Schadeberg, Thilo C. (1981). A Survey of Kordofanian, vol. 1: The Heiban Group. (SUGIA-Beihefte, 1.) Hamburg: Buske, pp. 82-83
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Discussion
Notes
Schadeberg 1981: 82-83 suspects that he got something wrong here, since such misbehaviour would be unique in this family, with no other Heiban language showing pronominal gender anywhere.
Comment
Frans Plank · 21 Sep 2006
Schadeberg 1981: 82-83 suspects that he got something wrong here, since such misbehaviour would be unique in this family, with no other Heiban language showing pronominal gender anywhere.