Datapoint Sri Lanka Portuguese/Vocative markers

Closest thing to a “vocative” marker is an addressive to indicate the relationship between speaker and addressee. It can be added to a variety of constituents.

Values

No vocative marker

Example 41-171:
fiiyane
fiiya-ne
daughter-adr.f
dear daughter

Source: Smith 1974-5: 4507

Example 41-172:
kiine, nukuandaa?
kii-ne,
what-adr.f
nuku-andaa
neg-go
What, dear, you didn’t go?

Source: Smith 1974-5: 4509

Confidence:
Very certain