Datapoint Kikongo-Kituba/Gender distinctions in personal pronouns

The gender distinction is a class distinction between humans and non-humans. Plural marking only applies to human referents; there is no plural marker for non-human referents.

Values

In 3rd person singular and plural only

Example 58-17:
Yandi mene bwa.
Yandi
he/she
mene
finish
bwa.
fall
He/she has fallen.
Example 58-18:
Yo mene bwa.
Yo
it
mene
finish
bwa.
fall
It has fallen.
Example 58-19:
Bo mene bwa.
Bo
they
mene
finish
bwa.
fallen
They have fallen.
Confidence:
Very certain