Datapoint Sri Lanka Portuguese/Distance contrasts in demonstratives

In addition to marking distal location, aka is anaphoric. In additon to marking proximal location, isti can seemingly be used as a generic determiner.

Values

Two-way contrast

Example 41-14:
isti ooy interumeenti nikaraparsa. isti un coʈʈu taparsa
isti
this
ooy
eye
interumeenti
completely
nikara-parsa.
neg.hab-see
isti
this
un
a
coʈʈu
little
ta-parsa
prs-see
This eye is completely blind. This one sees a little.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 5073

Example 41-55:
poɖiyaas sudu akantu mee yanasa, aka kaazantu
poɖiyaas
children
tudu
all
aka-ntu
that-loc
mee
foc
jaa-nasa,
pst-be.born
aka
that
kaaza-ntu
house-loc
The children were all born there, in that house.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 5105

Confidence:
Very certain