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Maori distinguishes between inclusive and exclusive first person. "Mātou" is "we but not you", and "tātou" is "we including you". Very handy for avoiding awkward situations like, "We're going to that new movie tonight". "Great, I've been looking forward to that!" "Um, I didn't mean you..."
Roger's been trying to introduce "wex" to the English language to serve the same purpose. Not much success so far...
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