Datapoint Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu/Distance contrasts in demonstratives
The three degrees of distance refer roughly to (1) near speaker (ká), (2) near addressee or referential (yá) and (3) distant (hú).
Values 
Three-way contrast
- Example 62-5:
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va'inyí yá ní vagitutúva'inyíchildrenyáthisníisva-gitutú2-smallThese children are small.
- Example 62-26:
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mbuvá hú ní kínimbuvafieldhúthatníiskínitheirThat field is theirs.
- Example 62-27:
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luhigé lukuhló ní yáluhigedoorlu-kuhlo11-niceníisyáthisThe good door is this.
- Example 62-28:
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lukándo ká ní lwá míndá ghólukandowallkádem2níislú-a11-possmindahouseghómyThis wall is the one of my room.
- Confidence:
- Very certain