Datapoint Chinese Pidgin Russian/Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns

The use of the 2PL pronoun when addressing one person is obviously due to the Russian usage; in many cases there is no politeness distinction, cf. Arseniev (1923).

Values

Binary pronominal politeness distinction

Example 65-37:
Kapitana, waʃa ni kasajs'a!
Kapitána,
captain
váša
2pl
ni
neg
kasájsia!
concern
It is none of your business, sir.

Source: Jabłońska 1957: 167

Confidence:
Certain