> Andreas Johansson scripsit:
>
> > How probable is it for a language that has a definite article to replace it
> > with a form derived from a demonstrative? Are any such examples known from
> > real-world languages?
>
> What little I know of the subject says that languages sometimes acquire
> definite articles, but don't discard or replace them.
>
> --
> A rabbi whose congregation doesn't want John Cowan
> to drive him out of town isn't a rabbi,
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> isn't a man. --Jewish saying
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