Editing Afroasiatic languages (section)

===Pronouns===
The forms of the pronouns are very stable throughout Afroasiatic (excluding Omotic),{{sfn|Meyer|Wolff|2019|p=269}} and they have been used as one of the chief tools for determining whether a language belongs to the family.{{sfn|Güldemann|2018|p=315-316}} However, there is no consensus on what the reconstructed set of Afroasiatic pronouns might have looked like.{{sfn|Gragg|2019|p=29}} A common characteristic of AA languages is the existence of a special set of "independent" pronouns, which are distinct from subject pronouns. They can occur together with subject pronouns but cannot fulfill an object function.{{sfn|Frajzyngier|2012|pp=523–524}} Also common are dependent/affix pronouns (used for direct objects and to mark possession).{{sfn|Gragg|2019|p=29}} For most branches, the first person pronouns contain a [[nasal consonant]] (n, m), whereas the third person displays a [[sibilant consonant]] (s, sh).{{sfn|Güldemann|2018|p=314-315}} Other commonalities are masculine and feminine forms used in both the second and third persons, except in Cushitic and Omotic.{{sfn|Meyer|Wolff|2019|p=269}} These pronouns tend to show a masculine "u" and a feminine "i".{{sfn|Hetzron|2009|p=548}} The Omotic forms of the personal pronouns differ from the others, with only the plural forms in North Omotic appearing potentially to be cognate.{{sfn|Gragg|2019|p=32}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:smaller;"
|+ Pronouns in the Afroasiatic family, following {{harvnb|Gragg|2019}}
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! Meaning !! North Omotic (Yemsa) !! Beja Cushitic (Baniamer) !! East Cushitic (Somali) !! West Chadic (Hausa) !! East Chadic (Mubi) !! Egyptian !! East Semitic (Akkadian) !! West Semitic (Arabic) !! Berber (Tashelhiyt)
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| 'I' (ind.) || tá || aní || aní-ga || ni: || ndé || jnk || ana:ku || ʔana || nkki
|-
| 'me, my' (dep.) || -ná-<br /> -tá- || -u: || -ʔe || na || ní  || -j<br /> wj || -i:<br /> -ya || -i:<br /> -ni: || -i
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| 'we' (ind.)  ||  ìnno || hinín || anná-ga<br /> inná-ga || mu: || ána<br /> éné || jnn || ni:nu: || naħnu || nkkwni 
|-
| 'you' (masc. sing. ind.)   || rowspan="2" |  né|| barú:k || rowspan="2" | adí-ga || kai || kám || nt-k || at-ta || ʔan-ta || kiji 
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| 'you' (fem. sing. ind.) || batú:k || ke: || kín || nt-ṯ  || at-ti || ʔan-ti  || kmmi (f)
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| 'you' (masc. sing., dep.) || rowspan="2" | -né-|| -ú:k(a) || ku || ka || ká  || -k || -ka ||-ka  || -k 
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| 'you' (fem. sing., dep.)  ||  -ú:k(i) || ku  || ki || kí  || -ṯ || -ki || -ki || -m 
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| 'you' (plural, dep.)  ||  -nitì- ||  -ú:kna || idin || ku || ká(n) || -ṯn || -kunu (m)<br /> -kina (f) ||-kum (m)<br /> -kunna (f) || -un (m)<br /> -un-t (f)
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| 'he' (ind.)  || rowspan="2" | bár ||  barú:s  || isá-ga || ši:|| ár || nt-f || šu  || huwa || ntta (m)
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| 'she' (ind.) || batú:s || ijá-ga || ita || tír ||  nt-s || ši || hiya || ntta-t
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| 'he' (dep.) || rowspan="2" | -bá- || rowspan="2" | -ūs || rowspan="2" | – || ši || à || -f<br /> sw  ||-šu || -hu ||  rowspan="2" | -s
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| 'she' (dep.)  || ta || dì || -s<br /> sy || -ša || -ha:
|-
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