For the distribution of the initial š- and h- in individual languages see
*šū̆/šū̆ˀ/šū̆wa (compare also the initial ˀ- in BArm). In individual languages there are different ways of opposing the masculine form of the 3 pl. pronoun to the feminine one. In Akk. and BArm. the two forms are opposed through the vocalic contrast in the second and third syllables (masc. -u-...-u vs. fem. -i-...-a) with no consonantal contrast (-n- in both genders). In Arb., Hrs. and Jib. the gender opposition is provided by the third consonant (masc. -m- vs. fem. -n-) alongside with some vocalic differences. The mere consonantal opposition is present in Hebrew and Mehri. See Kogan 2009:66–68.