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 ==== ''Mon'' vs. ''Ner'' ====
-''Mon'' is the familiar, informal 2nd person pronoun, it is grammatically singular and it is used when talking to someone who is younger than you or if they are in a lower position than you, such as in a job, or for people of equal age as you. This contrasts with ''ner'', which is grammatically plural, it is the more respectful of the two and it is used when referring to someone older than you, or someone in a superior position than you, or simply for respect.
+''Mon'' is the familiar, informal 2nd person pronoun, it is grammatically singular and it is used when talking to someone who is younger than the user or if they are in a lower position than the user, such as in a job, or for people of equal age as the user. This contrasts with ''ner'', which is grammatically plural, it is the more respectful of the two and it is used when referring to someone older than the user, or someone in a superior position than the user, or simply for respect.
 ==== ''Ei/Eis'' vs. ''Eil/Eisal'' ====
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 ===== ''Ou'', ''Oul'', ''Oum'', and ''Oulum'' =====
 ''Ou'', ''Oul'', ''Oum'', and ''Oulum'' are all distal demonstratives. ''Ou'' and ''oum'' mean 'that', ''oul'' and ''oulum'' mean 'those'. These are not used to refer to people/things in the subject or direct object of verbs, but only as the indirect object if the direct object is also in the 3rd person.
+=== Pronouns ===
+Alhi has a relatively simple set of pronouns, a notable feature is that Alhi only has two true persons in its set of pronouns, using demonstratives for the third person.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Pronoun table of Alhi
+! rowspan="2" |
+! colspan="2" |Singular
+! colspan="2" |Plural
+|-
+!'''1st'''
+!'''2nd'''
+!1st
+!2nd
+|-
+|'''Nominative'''
+|''ejo''
+|''mon''
+|''voi''
+|''ner''
+|-
+|'''Accusative'''
+|''ejın''
+|''mıln''
+|''vın''
+|''nen''
+|-
+|'''Dative'''
+|''ehus''
+|''mos''
+|''vis''
+|''nies''
+|-
+|'''Possessive'''
+|''ej''
+|''mo''
+| rowspan="2" |''vi''
+|''na''
+|-
+|'''Locative'''
+|''eji''
+|''mi''
+|''nas''
+|-
+|'''Vocative'''
+!
+|''mu!''
+!
+|''nuo!''
+|}
+Alhi has no vocative forms for the 1st person pronouns of either number. The possessive forms, ''ej'', ''mo, vi, na'' behave more like suffixes, as they tack onto the ends of the nouns being possessed. If a noun has one adjective after it, it will also have the possessive affix, but if a noun has multiple adjectives after it, only the noun will have the affix. Thus, ''kouda-ej'' 'my family', ''kouda-ej ada-ej'' 'my big family', and ''kouda-ej ada col'' 'my big, good family'.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Demonstrative table of Alhi
+! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
+! colspan="2" |Spatial Deixis
+|-
+!Proximal
+!Distal
+|-
+| rowspan="2" |'''Nominative'''
+|Singular
+|''ei''
+|''ou''
+|-
+|Plural
+|''eil''
+|''oul''
+|-
+| rowspan="2" |'''Oblique'''
+|Singular
+|''eis''
+|''oum''
+|-
+|Plural
+|''eisal''
+|''oulum''
+|}
+These are the demonstratives in Alhi. They are used in place of third person pronouns and are also used for demonstratives normally. One could translate the demonstrative ''ei'' as 'this, they, he, she, it'. When demonstratives are used with a noun, the demonstrative will go before the noun. Thus, ''ou pilos'' 'that food'. The possessive form used to indicate 'his, her(s), their(s), its' is ''eis'', and it also behaves like a suffix. E.g. ''kouda-eis'' 'their family'.