Datapoint Sri Lankan Malay/Distance contrasts in demonstratives

See Examples 39, 40, and 41 for non-distance-related contrasts.

Values

Two-way contrast

Example 66-37:
ini kendera
ini
this
kendera
chair
this chair
Example 66-38:
ittu kendera
ittu
dem
kendera
chair
that chair
Example 66-39:
atiyang kendera
atiyang
dem.dist
kendera
chair
that chair that is out of the speaker’s sight
Example 66-40:
inina sitaarekring aða kendera
ini-na
dem-dat
si-taarek-ring
pst-pull-abl
AðA
aux
kendera
chair
this chair that is out of the speaker’s sight, but closer than another chair that is both out of the speaker’s sight and farther away from the speaker
Example 66-41:
ittuna sitaarekring aða kendera
ittu-na
dem-dat
si-taarek-ring
pst-pull-abl
aða
aux
kendera
chair
that chair that is out of the speaker’s sight, but farther from the speaker than another chair that is out of the speaker’s sight
Confidence:
Very certain