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What is the term for the special reverential form used to address someone with respect in Nahuatl, formed by adding the suffix '-tzin' to nouns and using specific reflexive constructions with verbs?

Nahuatl has a grammaticalised system of honorifics called the 'reverential' that modifies both nominal and verbal morphology to signal social respect.

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