as noted in nearby Oceanic languages Hoava and Roviana. This trend is universal to the region. Included are the glosses for some noun phrases in Ughele to demonstrate the function of demonstratives. These glosses are translated to English below. The examples showcase the word order of Ughele noun phrases as well as the function of the distance particles when compared to English. Demonstratives functioning as interrogatives Intermediate distance particles are often found to be used the least, with an implied distance, a common occurrence in Oceanic languages identified by Lynch, Ross and Crowley. As a result of this implied meaning, these particles can often take other grammatical functions. Frostad describes the common phoneme between the intermediate singular particle and the interrogative 'what' in Ughele, . The following example is from Frostad's grammar of Ughele, demonstrating the aforementioned dual function. It is demonstrated in this example that , when paired with other articles, endures a function adjustment. The article signifies a noun and when paired with , indicates an unknown noun, therefore becoming 'what' in the English translation. This is a similar process for , a morpheme signifying a locative function. When used in conjunction with , it functions as a temporal interrogative. These are not the only forms of the interrogatives [what] and [where]; there are grammatical words that occupy the same meaning in interrogative clauses. Interrogatives In order to construct an interrogative clause, without pretext; there are a series of grammatical function words with corresponding meanings given below. Additionally, there are other means to construct an interrogative clause in Ughele, the function of this is context dependent, relying on situational anaphora. Ughele generally follows the linguistic trends relating to interrogative clause construction for the region, confirmed by the nature of Roviana and Hoava to exclusively use intonation as a question marker. However, Ughele also occasionally uses a question particle in interrogative construction; the conditions for this are outlined below. Question particle In Ughele, there is a single question particle, . This marker has a purely grammatical function denoting the sentence as a question. It is usually paired with one of the above interrogatives. This marker is not used exclusively; rather, it is a marker denoting conversational foci used in specific sentence types outlined below. Simple interrogatives A locative interrogative clause in Ughele generally follows the pattern: NP [] [], fronted by the noun phrase, then using the preposition locative