Editing Shabo language (section)

===Pronouns===
Shabo has an unusually complex pronoun system for Africa:<ref>Kibebe, Tsehay Taye (2015): ''Documentation and grammatical description of Chabu'', Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University doctoral dissertation, p. 161</ref>
{| class=wikitable
! colspan="2" |
! Singular !! Dual !! Plural
|-
! rowspan="2" | 1st person
! masc.
| tiŋŋ, ta, ti || antʃ || jiŋŋ
|-
! fem.
| ta || ann || jaŋfu
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2nd person
! masc.
| kukk || tʃitʃak || sitalak, silak
|-
! fem.
| kuŋg || sijak || subak
|-
! rowspan="2" | 3rd person
! masc.
| ji || otʃtʃa || odda
|-
! fem.
| oŋŋa || ojja || otala
|}
The pronouns "I" and "he" have been compared to [[Surmic languages]]; however, there are also resemblances in the pronouns with the [[Gumuz languages]] (Bender 1983).  The gender distinctions made are unusual for Africa.