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On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 09:08:39AM +0100, Philip Newton wrote:
> coi rodo
> 
> Is it correct to use ti, ta, tu for people?

Yes.

In general, with the exception of certain members of BAI, no cmavo make
a semantic difference between sentients and non-sentients.

BAI members are the exception because BAI members' semantics have
nothing to do with cmavo at all.

-Robin

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