Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Relevance of language ability to third person singular pronouns

ghItlh voragh:

At qepHom 2015 qurgh asked Okrand about this:

(qurgh, 11/10/2015): I had a conversation with Marc about 'oH and ghaH

and animals when I was at the qepHom. He said that if you (the speaker)

believe you can communicate with a creature, then it's a ghaH, if you don't

believe you can communicate with a creature, then it's 'oH. It's down the

personal beliefs of the speaker, not a set formula.

Right you are! I had this filed in my brain as a discussion of how to determine what is "language using" and what is "not language using", but Okrand is also clearly indicating that the difference between {'oH} and {ghaH} is the abillity to communicate and not whether or not it is animate.