Datapoint Jamaican/Special dependent person forms for subject and object
Those personal pronouns which historically end with nasal consonants (im [3SG], dem [3PL]) have phonetic counterparts with nasal vowels (ihn and dehn), which represent the spread of the nasal feature to the preceding vowel followed by the loss of the consonant.
Ihn and dehn can only be used in subject position, cannot occur in an elliptical, verbless answer, and cannot be focused.
Values 
Only dependent subject forms
- Example 8-20:
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Ihn tel lai pahn mi.Ihn3sgteltelllailiepahnonmi.1sgHe told a lie about me.
- Example 8-21:
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*A ihn tel lai pahn mi.*Afocihn3sgteltelllailiepahnonmi.1sgNOT: He is the one who told the lie about me.
- Confidence:
- Very certain