Datapoint Kriol/Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase
For the purposes of discussing this feature, the determiner wan(bala), identical to the numeral 'one', is considered an indefinite article. This analysis is not unproblematic, as wan(bala) is not obligatory in indefinite contexts. Sandefur (1979: 104) considers it a marker of indefinite specificity: "There is one determiner, however, that functions somewhat like an article. Wanbala, though most often used as the number 'one', is not infrequently used in the sense of 'a certain'." Wan(bala) always precedes the head noun.
Values 
Indefinite article is preposed
- Example 25-1:
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Wan litel gel bin katimbat wud blanga Jein.Wanonelitellittlegelgirlbinpstkat-im-batcut-tr-progwudwoodblangadat/possJein.JaneOne/a certain little girl was cutting wood for Jane.
- Example 25-71:
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Wanbala mayi, im peising derrei, wanbala mayi peisin dijei.Wan-balaone-adj2mayi,manim3sgpeis-ingface-prog2derr-ei,dist-waywan-balaone-adj2mayimanpeis-inface-prog2dij-ei.prox-wayOne man is facing that way, one man is facing this way. (Context: spatial elicitation game)
- Example 25-72:
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Wanbala men bin godan.Wan-balaone-adj2menmanbinpstgo-dan.go-downOne man went down. OR: A certain man went down.
Source: Sandefur 1979: 104
- Example 25-73:
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Tubala bin go kamat la wanbala wodahol.Tubala3dubinpstgogokamatcomelalocwan-balaone-adj2wodahol.waterhole.The two went and came to a (specific) waterhole.
Source: Galmurr and Willika 1996
- Example 25-74:
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Dijan lilboi imin drim blanga wanbala olgamen.Dijanprox:adjlilboilittle.boyim=in3sg=pstdrimdreamblangadat/posswan-balaone-adj2olgamen.older.womanThis boy dreamt of a woman.
Source: Brennan 1993
- Example 25-75:
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Wal imin ruwinim wanbala hawus ba wan olgumen, ol K. na en im asbin.Walwellim=in3sg=pstruwin-imruin-trwan-balaone-adj2hawushousebadat/posswanoneolgumen,womanololdK.K.nanowenandim3sgasbin.husbandWell it (the flood) ruined one woman's house, old K('s) and her husband('s).
Source: Angelo et al. 1998