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Conlangery 139: Ainu (natlang)

Conlangery Podcast

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How to Talk to Someone Politely

The indefinite person can also be used as a second person polite. I wonder if they use as the inclusive is like an extension of that politeness thing. Like you're trying not to overtly mention your interlocutor, but keep it like an understood thing. It's something that like a lot of conlangers might not get into because it's a discourse thing. But it's a really interesting thing that it almost doesn't necessarily matter what you're grabbing grammatically.

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