Pronouns are classified as a nominal category as they start with a vowel and
can be the heads of NPs. This, however, only applies to free pronouns, as
the three bound pronoun sets (subject, object, and possessive pronouns)
attach to verbs or nouns. This section discusses all bound and free pronouns
in Abesabesi. Table lists all pronoun paradigms and
rlinks to the respective section in which they are discussed.
Table : Pronouns
Pronouns | Morpheme type |
Bound subject | Bound |
Bound object | Bound |
Bound possessive | Bound |
Independent | Free |
Logophoric | Free |
Dative | Free |
Independent possessive | Free |
Emphatic | Free |
Indefinite | Free |
Reciprocal | Free |
Demonstrative | Free |
Interrogative | Free |
Of these twelve pronoun sets, the first eight are personal pronouns (bound
subject, bound object, bound possessive, independent, logophoric, dative,
independent possessive, and emphatic). All personal pronouns, whether free
or bound, distinguish three persons and two numbers (singular and plural).
The third person in all personal pronoun types additionally distinguishes
between human and non-human referents.