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Re: [romconlang] Romlangs with articles < Lat. 'iste'?



 --- Henrik Theiling skrzypszy:

> Southern/Balearic Catalan (and I think Sardinian, too) has 
> articles derived from 'iste'.  E.g.: [...]

Sardinian too! And keep in mind that it also exists in demonstratives
like Italian "questo" (< ECCO ISTUM) and French "ce/cet" (< ECCE
ISTUM).

 --- Padraic Brown skrzypszy:

> > I like the sound a lot.  Does any romance
> > conlang derive its articles this way?
> 
> Not that I know of, but Brithenig and Kerno
> derive 3rd person pronouns from that root. Pretty
> close anyway!

I used to have them in Wenedyk as well for the third person, but
didn't like the forms. So at some point, I substituted them with the
more conventional "iÅ?" and "Å?a". Of course, Wenedyk has no
articles.

Jan

"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito."

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