Datapoint Chinese Pidgin Russian/Position of definite article in the noun phrase

Generally there are no articles in this pidgin. However, in some cases demonstratives are used so often that they could be regarded as article-like forms in the process of grammaticalization.

Values

The language has no definite article

Example 65-21:
Хэцзю либа купила, эта либа помилай нету [...] эта либа убижала.
Xeʧʒu liba kupila, eta liba pomilaj netu [...] eta liba ubiʒala.
Xeʧʒu
Xeczu
liba
fish
kupi-la,
buy-pfv
eta
this
liba
fish
pomilaj
die
netu
neg
[...]
[...]
eta
this
liba
fish
ubiʒala.
run.away.pfv
Xeczu bought a fish, the fish was alive [...] the fish swam away.

Source: Perekhvalskaya 2008: 221

Confidence:
Very certain