Akachenti Person

Summary

Akachenti appears to have an underlying system of four persons:

gloss	person	singular	plural
1-EXCL	first person exclusive	I	you and I
1-INCL	first person inclusive	(of us) I	we
2	second person	you	you
3	third person	he, she, it	they

In practice, person is at the heart of the agreement system and can be quite complex.

Person Markers

Simple Person Markers

While it's somewhat arguable whether the following markers are simple in practice, especially in light of the tendency to promote a proximate, animate argument up by one person in the hierarchy, they nevertheless are marked with a single vowel occupying a single verbal template slot.

person	description	nom. marker	acc. marker	dat. marker	pronoun
first excl.	speaker	a	á	e
second	proximate, animate addressee	a	á	e
first incl.	speaker and addressee	ae	é	e	emene, ementer
first incl.	speaker and generic referent	ae	é	e	emene, ementer
first incl.	speaker and referent	ae	é	e	emene, ementer
second	associated proximate, animate addressee	ae	é	e	emene, ementer
second	addressee (+/- referent)	o	ó	u	usha, ushar
second	proximate, animate referent	o	ó	u	usha, ushar
third	obviate, inanimate, or generic referent	i	í	i	ih

Complex Person Markers

Complex person markers require a discontinuous use of 2-3 person-marking slots to be interpreted as a whole. While they are essentially a mere incidence of multiple person markers of same or similar referential categories, they are used rather flexibly to allow for greater categorical nuance.