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

@cite{wals-2013}

def Fragments.Swahili.referenceProfile : Typology.ArticleDemProfile

Swahili (Niger-Congo, Bantu): demonstrative used as definite marker (precedes noun for definiteness, follows for deictic use; WALS Ch 37 value 2); no indefinite article; three-way distance-oriented demonstrative system: h- (proximal) / h-o (medial) / -le (distal); same forms for pronominal and adnominal demonstratives; 3rd-person pronouns related via shared noun-class agreement prefixes.

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