Case syncretism of personal pronouns (Surgut Khanty)

PPNoSyncCase: The number of case-marked forms of personal pronouns differs from that of nouns, but none are syncretic.


Case

’boy’

’he/she/it’

Nom.

paɣ

ʌüw

Acc.

Acc=Nom

ʌüwat

Dat.

Dat=Lat

ʌüwati

Lat.

paɣ a

ʌüwata

Loc.

paɣnə

ʌüw(ati)nə

Abl.

paɣi

ʌüwatiji

Appr.

paɣnam

ʌüwatinam

Transl.

paqqə

ʌüwatiɣə

Instr.-Fin.

paɣat

ʌüwatiɣat

Com.-Inst.

paɣnat

ʌüwatinat

Abess.

paɣʌəɣ

ʌüwatiʌəɣ

(based on Honti 1977: 275–276. and Csepregi 1998: 24–25.)


Nouns  and  demonstrative  pronouns  can  have  9  cases  (nom, loc, lat, apr, abl, transl, ins-fin, com-ins, abess). Apart from these 9 cases, the personal pronouns also have accusative and dative forms. Therefore, no syncretism with personal pronouns is possible.

Author: 

Márta Csepregi