<HTML><BODY><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br> Dear all,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Do we know of languages that have a definite article restricted to the singular of the noun? That is, do we know of a definite article that is incompatible with the plural?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sergey</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">--- </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dr. Sergey Loesov</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oriental Institute</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Russian State University for the Humanities</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">6 Miusskaya pl. Moscow 125267, Russia. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br></span></p></BODY></HTML>