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particles ही /ɦi/ and भी /b ̤ i/ respectively. Nepali exhibits -अइ /-ʌi/ in exclusive

environment but a separate particle पिन /pʌni/ in the inclusive one.
f. Pronominals

Pronouns fall in minor word classes cross-linguistically. Though NIA
pronominals are not identical for all languages, they are striking phonologically.

Personal pronouns in Bhojpuri and its close neighbours are compared in Table 15.12.
Table 15.12 Pronouns in Bhojpuri and its close neighbours

Pronouns 1SG 1PL 2SG 2PL 3SG 3PL
Bhojpuri हम /ɦʌm/ हमनी तू /tu/ तोहनी ऊ /u/ ओकनी

/ɦʌmni /tohni/ /okni/

Chotoniya मुU/मु हमरा तुई/तू तोहरा उवा ओकरा
Tharu /muĩ/mu/ /ɦʌmʌrɑ/ /tui/tu/ /toɦʌrɑ/ /uwɑ/ /okʌrɑ/

Maithili हम /ɦʌm/ हमसब तोँ /tõ/ तोँसब ऊ /u/ ऊसब

/ɦʌmsʌb/ /tõsʌb/ /usʌb/
Awadhi मै /mʌi/ हम /ɦʌm/ तुई /tui/ तुम /tum/ ऊ /ū/ उई /ui/

Darai मै /mʌi/ हमे /ɦʌme/ तोई तोईसब ऊ /u/ ऊसब

/toi/ /toisʌb/ /usʌb/

Hindi मV /mɛ/ हम /ɦʌm/ तू /tu/ तुम /tum/ वह वे /we/
̃
/wʌɦ/

Nepali म /mʌ/ हामी ितमी ितमीहW ऊ /u/ उनीहW

/ɦʌmi/ /timi/ /timiɦʌru/ /uniɦʌru/
Rājbanshi मुई /mui/ हामा तुई /tui/ त!ा /tʌmʰɑ/ उहाँ अ!ा /ʌmʰɑ/

̃
/ɦɑmɑ/ /uɦɑ/
Table 15.12 exhibits occurance of म /m/ as a common phenomenon in first
person singular in all the IA languages where it is final in Bhojpuri and Maithili but

initial in others. Likewise, initial ह /ɦ/ and medial म /m/ are common in Bhojpuri with

its neighbours except Awadhi and Hindi where म /m/ is final in first person plural. In

the second person, त /t/ is common in the second person in both the numbers. In the
third person, ऊ /u/ is common in intitial position in singular except Hindi. Besides

these, the other phonogical occurings in pronominals among IA languages are slao
similar. Thus, the IA languages exhibit striking similarities in pronominal forms.

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