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-rw-r--r--src/morph/adj.md2
-rw-r--r--src/morph/dem.md16
-rw-r--r--src/morph/nom.md2
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diff --git a/src/morph/adj.md b/src/morph/adj.md
index 449928a..2f6d21b 100644
--- a/src/morph/adj.md
+++ b/src/morph/adj.md
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ Articles have adjectival morphology:
 | dat  | nak     | cim       |
 | gen  | nar     | cay       |
 
-Some determiners also have adjectival morphology.
+Some demonstratives also have adjectival morphology.
diff --git a/src/morph/dem.md b/src/morph/dem.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21e4e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/morph/dem.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Demonstratives
+
+|            | proximal | medial | distal | interogative | negative |
+|------------|----------|--------|--------|--------------|----------|
+| person[^1] | siri     | gori   | harri  | koni         | feli     |
+| thing      | siris    | goris  | harris | konis        | felis    |
+| place      | sihim    | gohim  | hahim  | konhim       | felim    |
+| time       | simik    | gomik  | hammik | kommik       | felmik   |
+| manner     | sitis    | gotis  | hattis | kontis       | feltis   |
+| reason     | sinira   | gonira | hanira | konnira      | fennira  |
+
+Demonstratives for person and thing have nominal morphology.
+So are those for place and time, but they only have dative declension.
+Demonstratives for manner and reason have adjectival morphology.
+
+[^1]: Including humans and animate things
diff --git a/src/morph/nom.md b/src/morph/nom.md
index de84ef8..cafb481 100644
--- a/src/morph/nom.md
+++ b/src/morph/nom.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The inflections distinguish between singular (0 or 1), paucal (2 to 10), and
 plural (more or unknown).  In paucal and plural nouns, the first vowel is
 umlauted if possible.
 
-Some determiners has nominal morphology.
+Some demonstratives has nominal morphology.
 
 ## Animate noun