Rara #60

Legacy number: 60

 Number  60
 Phenomenon  contrast in personal pronouns for moyety, kin class, and generation level membership
 Found in  Adnyamadhanha and other Australian lgs
 Domain  morphology: inflection — categories and their domains: gender, respect
 Type  rarum
 Keywords  personal pronoun, moyety, kinship
 Source  Yallop, C. (1977). Alyawarra: An Aboriginal Language of Central Australia. Canberra: AIAS.
 Violates  none

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Discussion
Notes
Adnyamadhanha has ten dual pronouns for distinctions of moyety, kin, and generation level.
Comment
Frans Plank · 21 Sep 2006
Adnyamadhanha has ten dual pronouns for distinctions of moyety, kin, and generation level.