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Example 70-6
U larika baito maket kelage.
U
dem
larika
boy
baito
cop
maket
market
kelage.
near
That boy was near the market.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Siegel-field recording
Language:
Pidgin Hindustani
by
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
Position of definite article in the noun phrase: The language has no definite article
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Same forms
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Two-way contrast
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