
The language has a grammaticalized way of encoded the fact that the speaker saw, heard, or experienced the event himself. This does not include languages which have other ways of encoding this information, such as English <i>I see it coming</i>. 

<br><br>For example, Fasu uses the circumfix <b><i>a-…-re</i></b> to encode visual evidentiality, as in <i><b>a-</b>pe<b>-re</b></i> ‘<b>DIR.EVD</b>-see-<b>DIR.EVD</b>’ for ‘I see it coming’ (de Haan 2008). <br><br>

<b>Glossing Convention: </b>Direct Evidentials will be glossed DIR.EVD.

<br><br><b>Reference</b><br>
de Haan, Ferdinand. 2008. Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality.
In Haspelmath et al. 2008, chapter 77.
Available online at <a href=â€http://wals.info/feature/77â€> http://wals.info/feature/77</a href>.	
