| Summary: | This paper presents a morphological and phonological reconstruction of the personal independent pronouns of the Proto-Atzinca language, on the basis of data from current Matlatzinca and Ocuilteco languages and colonial documents. In all the Atzinca languages we find eleven pronouns as independent words which distinguish first, second and third person; singular, dual and plural number for each person, as well as inclusive and exclusive for the first-person dual and plural pronouns. Each of these categories is marked with different morphemes in the pronominal words. By comparing these words within the Atzinca languages and making the reconstruction for the Proto-Atzinca, we find that there are no morphological changes, but only phonological and phonetic changes. Original received: 2014/05/05Review sent to author: 2014/09/24Accepted: 2014/10/20
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