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Discourse functions of demonstratives in eastern Bantu narrative texts

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natural language processing

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Bena Chidigo Fuliiru Jita Kabwa Kwaya Langi Makonde Malila Suba-Simbiti

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Bena (Tanzania) language Kabwa language Digo language Fuliiru language Jita language Makonde language Kwaya language Langi language Malila language Suba-Simbiti language +4

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