Editing Null-subject language (section)

=== Hindustani ===
The [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] language shows radical pro-drop. This type of pro-drop differs from pro-drop in languages like Spanish where pro-drop is licensed by rich verbal morphology. Radical pro-drop is possible only in NP languages.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Grewendorf |first1=Günther |title=Discourse and Grammar: From Sentence Types to Lexical Categories |last2=Zimmermann |first2=Thomas Ede |publisher=Deutsche Nationalbibliothek |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-61451-215-8 |location=Germany |pages=192}}</ref> South Asian languages such as Hindustani, in general, have the ability to pro-drop any and all arguments.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Butt|first=Miriam |date=2001-01-01|title=Case, Agreement, Pronoun Incorporation and Pro-Drop in South Asian Languages|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228599742|journal=[[ResearchGate]]}}</ref> Here, the case is expressed in a morpheme that is independent from the stem, making the pro-drop possible.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhatia|first=Tej K.|title=Colloquial Hindi|publisher=Biddles Ltd, Guildford and King's Lynn|year=1996|isbn=0-415-11087-4|location=Great Britain|pages=42–51, 188–189}}</ref>

{{interlinear|number=1.
|bārish ho rahī hai.
|rain:DIR happen:VRB stay:FEM:SG is:3P:SG
|'It is raining.'
|abbreviations=PRF:perfective; DIR:direct case; COP:copula; VRB:verb stem;}}

{{interlinear|number=2A.
|tum-ne nādyā-ko khānā di-yā
|you:ERG nadya:DAT food:DIR give:PRF:MASC:SG
|'Did you give food to Nadya?'
|abbreviations=PRF:perfective; DIR:direct case; DAT:dative case;}}

{{interlinear|number=2B.
|hā̃ diyā
|yes give:PRF:GND:MASC:SG
|'Yes, (I) gave (food to her).'
|abbreviations=PRF:perfective; DIR:direct case; GND:agrees with the direct object in gender}}