Datapoint Negerhollands/Distance contrasts in demonstratives

'That house’ can only be rendered by di hus da, lit. 'the house there’; di hus without da means ‘the house’ and not ‘that house’.

Values

Two-way contrast

Example 27-6:
Ju lō hi a di shi, mi sa lō a di andə shi.
Ju
2sg
lō
go
hi
here
a
loc
di
det
shi,
side
mi
1sg
sa
will
lō
go
a
loc
di
det
andə
other
shi.
side
You will go to this side (take this path), and I will go to the other side (take the other path).

Source: Josselin de Jong 1926: 19

Example 27-36:
Ekeren fa roto sa mata di dungku da.
Ekeren
each
fa
of
roto
rat
sa
fut
mata
kill
di
det
dungku
night
da.
there
Every rat would be killed that night.

Source: Josselin de Jong 1926: 30

Confidence:
Very certain