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Interrogative pronouns

Basic interrogative pronouns display two different roots: one referring to active animate entities (who?) and one referring to inactive inanimate entities (what?).

• what: ʂæ
• who: ʂaː

Both pronouns can be declined, with the nominal declension endings, according to their animacy of their referent. However, some declined forms usually acquire new meanings, depending on the selected case:

• ʂæʈar: where (static location)
• ʂæχæ: where (motion toward)
• ʂækʰu: why (cause)
• ʂæko: which (adjectival form)

Both pronominal root can be expanded with the suffixal morphemes -tu and -lo.