John Cowan wrote:
> Mangiat wrote:
> > [...] Sardinian has the
> > coolest article I've ever seen amongst Romance langs? It's derived from
> > 'ipse': su, sa. ex.: sa oche /sa Oke/(the voice).
>
> Some dialects of Catalan do this as well (notably on the Balearics, and
> I think algherese too) and even have a contrast:
>
> la mort: Death
> sa mort: the death (of which we were speaking)
Cool! And it perfectly makes sense, considered the meaning of 'ipse'!
Luca
> Brithenig uniquely (AFAIK) derives its 3sg *pronouns* ys/sa from "ipse":
> the articles ill/lla (pl. llo) are from "ille" as usual.
>
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