grammar is similar to most other Romance languages with articles that agree with masculine and feminine nouns, and verbs that are inflected with different endings for person, number, and tense. Because of these inflected verbs, pronouns are not necessary. However, Faetar has a unique pronoun characteristic in that it has two versions of each pronoun. There is a "strong" pronoun and a "weak" pronoun. In conversation, both the strong and the weak can be used together (the strong always comes first), or only the strong, or only the weak, or no pronoun at all. The weak can also appear after a noun. For example: (1) No overt subject pronoun and that day, [Ø=I] was at the house (2) Weak pronoun and it was vacant (3) Strong pronoun No, he was always… (4) Strong + Weak pronoun She-strong she-weak is my favourite This case of strong and weak pronouns has been the source of much study as to what constrains, if anything, the choice of pronouns in a given phrase. This also makes Faetar a partial pro-drop language. References Franco-Provençal language Languages of Apulia Endangered diaspora languages Endangered Romance languages Languages of Canada Culture of Toronto Brantford Italian-Canadian culture