Datapoint Michif/Gender distinctions in personal pronouns
The French personal pronouns are not used. Cree personal pronouns do not distinguish gender.
Only occasionally the pronoun sa (< French, where it refers to inanimates) is used for animate referents, i.e. it is gender-neutral in contrast to Standard French ça. In the Métis dialect of French, this is also gender-neutral.
There is also a set of forms ili (from French il est 'he is'), site 'he/she/it was' (from French c'était), sitenn (from French c'est un/e) which are gender-neutral.
Cree distinguishes between animate and inanimate in verbs, demonstratives, and pronouns. These personal pronouns of the third person are used, and have the same form as the demonstratives. These forms distinguish gender.
Values 
In 3rd person singular and plural only
- Example 75-50:
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Namo kakiiituhtew wiya.Namonegkakii-ituhte-wable-go-3sgwiya.3sgShe was not able to go.
Source: Fleury 2007
- Example 75-51:
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Ma fiy avik so marii sa sakord baen.Ma1.poss.ffiygirlavikwithso3.poss.mmariihusbandsa3plsakordagreebaen.wellMy daughter and her husband are harmonious (get along well).
Source: Laverdure and Allard 1983: 126
- Example 75-52:
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La fiy ana, site yaenk aen servant ana.Ladef.art.f.sgfiygirlana,dem.sg.anim.intermsitebe.pst.3yaenkonlyaenindf.artservantservantana.dem.sg.anim.intermThat girl, she was only a servant.
Source: Fleury 2007
- Example 75-53:
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Ekwanima piko kaakanaweeyihtahk site soo suyii.Ekwanimathat.mentionedpikoonlykaa-kanaweeyiht-ahkrel-keep-3.sbj.3.obj.inansite3.wassoo3.poss.msuyii.shoeThe only thing that she had kept was her shoe.
Source: Fleury 2007
- Example 75-54:
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Kiinipaahishin ana, ahpo eetikwee.Kii-nipaa-ishi-npst-die-fall-3sgana,that.one.animahpooreetikwee.apparentlyMaybe he fell down dead, I don't know.
Source: Fleury 2007
- Example 75-55:
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Akwanikik savayet tii zhvoo.Akwanikikthose.animsa-va-yet3pl-fut-betii2pl.posszhvoo.horse.plThose will be your horses.
Source: Fleury 2007
- Confidence:
- Certain