Mandarin article-and-demonstrative profile (WALS Chs 37, 38, 41, 42, 43) #
@cite{wals-2013}
Mandarin Chinese (Sino-Tibetan): no definite or indefinite articles (bare nouns are ambiguous for definiteness); two-way demonstrative distance: zhe (proximal) vs na (distal); same forms for pronominal and adnominal demonstratives (with optional classifier in adnominal use); 3rd-person pronoun ta unrelated to demonstratives.
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