Re: R: "Roumant", or whatever it may be called. PART III

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)

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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