Do Eastern Asians not have articles in their language?

[abcdefz]

I know it's a stereotype, but...

Do some eastern Asian cultures not have articles in their language?

In working on our documentation, we joke about designing a program that will inlcude "a" and "the" throughout one of our guys' stuff. Just wondering why there's a roadblock for some folks who can't seem to remember their articles.

He does get most of the prepositions in there, though.

[Bob]

and how about russians, for that matter?

[Ace42X]

Do some eastern Asian cultures not have articles in their language?

I am not an expert, but I believe that inflexions are used to indicate anything from number, gender and case, all the way to a person's familial relationship to the audience.

[abcdefz]

That would explain some of the sounds I hear at the Korean grocery. (y)