Bryatesle
animate inanimate nominative tëm sëm accusative tna sëm dative tënk sënk ablative tnam snam
Bryatesle, despite lacking a genitive, has a possessive interrogative pronoun as well,
ertenwhich is positioned phrase-initially in the NP.
Dairwueh
Dairwueh has an odd detail going on, viz. it has an actual gender distinction going on in its interrogative pronouns
animate feminine inanimate plur anim. plur. inan. nom tum titi sve tera sva acc tuta tnu sve tetar sva dat tuvut tir sin terit savit gen tudin tura siŋa terin savit loc-instr tuder tuvat siŋa terar siŋa
The possessive pronoun stems are
masc: atov-
fem:- ativ-
neuter: siŋa (uninflected for congruence)
plur anim: atev-
plur inan: siŋa
We can see certain similarities between these two sets, and in fact they are among the most clear cognate sets between Dairwueh and Bryatesle.
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