Demonstrative forms consisting of a noun class concord plus a demonstrative root-no (or a
phonologically very similar form) are found in a number of Bantu languages. The root*-nó
indicating proximity to the speaker has been reconstructed for Proto-Bantu, and in a survey
of 99 Bantu languages almost all of the-no demonstrative forms indicate a closer degree of
proximity to the speaker than any of the other demonstratives attested in each language. In
this paper, I consider a range of additional meanings associated with-no demonstrative …