Re: CHAT: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, September 8, 2002, 3:42 |
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On Sat, 7 Sep 2002 09:31:47 +0200, Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>
wrote:
>Are there any other languages which make an obvious distinction between
>"one" and "a"?
I don't know about natlangs, but Olaetian has _xa_ [z_mA] "a, an", _lin_
"one". _Xa_ is related to _xakh_ [z_mAx] "something".
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