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Example 58-38
muntu yayi, ba-ntu yayi
muntu
person
yayi,
this
ba-ntu
persons
yayi
this
this/the person these/the persons
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
Definite articles: Neither definite nor indefinite article
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Two-way contrast
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