Datapoint Sango/Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun

Sango simply adopted the plural of the source language, but in the latter one might like to argue that there is a historical relationship between plural and ala [3PL].

Values

Differentiation

Example 59-63:
lo ga na ala
lo
3sg
ga
come
na
with
ala
3pl
He/she came with them.
Example 59-85:
amapa, anyama, anyen'
a-mapa,
pl-bread
a-nyama,
pl-meat
a-nyen'
pl-what
bread, meat, whatever...
Example 59-87:
lo ga na ayi ti fango zo ni
lo
3sg
ga
come
na
prep
a-yi
pl-thing
ti
of
fango
killing
zo
person
ni
det
He brought his murderous weapons.
French: Il vint avec les outils d’assassin.
Confidence:
Very certain