Language: | Nepali |
Feature: | Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns by Johannes Helmbrecht |
Value: | Multiple politeness distinctions |
hajūr | 2nd sg. hhon. | - indicates higher honorificity, more politeness than the "high grade honorific"; used by Vaisyas and Sudras to address Brahmans (all ages) |
sarkār | 2nd sg. hhon. | - very polite address form used by Brahmans to address royalty |
tã | 2nd sg. infer. | - lowest level of respect, used to address inferiors, e.g. members of the Brahman caste to Sudras juniors |
tapāĩ | 2nd sg. hon. | - used as polite address (high grade honorific) from members of the Brahman caste to Vaisyas (seniors) and Brahman (peers); informal, the formal variant is yahã |
timī | 2nd sg. | - mid grade honorific, used to address equals and inferiors, e.g. member of the brahman caste to Sudras (peer/ senior), to Vaisyas (peer/ junior), to Brahman (junior) |
yahã | 2nd sg. hhon. | - literally 'here'; formal variant of high grade honorific |