Arabic (Egyptian) article-and-demonstrative profile (WALS Chs 37, 38, 41, 42, 43)

@cite{wals-2013}

def Fragments.Arabic.Egyptian.referenceProfile : Typology.ArticleDemProfile

Arabic (Egyptian) (Afro-Asiatic, Semitic): definite prefix al- on nouns (definite affix); no indefinite article (unmarked nouns are indefinite, though Standard Arabic tanwin marks indefiniteness); two-way demonstrative distance: hada (proximal) vs daak (distal); same forms for pronominal and adnominal demonstratives; 3rd-person pronouns (huwa/hiya) unrelated to demonstratives.

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