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Common Articles

Afrikaans	Die, 'n
Albanian	Nje, Nji
Arabic	al-, el-
Danish	De, Den, Det, Di, En, Et
Dutch	De, Een, Ene, Het, 'n, sl, 't
English	A, An, The
Fijian	A, Ai, I, Ko, Na, Nai, O
French	L', La, Le, Les, Un, Une (NB: De, Des are usually prepositions)
Gaelic (Scots and Irish)	An, Na
German	Das, Der*, Die, Ein, Eine*
Greek, Classical	Hai, He, Ho, Hoi, Ta, To
Greek, Modern	Haim He, Heis, Hen, Hena, Henas, Ho, Hoi, Mia, Ta, To
Hebrew	Ha***, He- (al- see Arabic)
Hawaiian	He, Ka, Ke, Na, 'o, 'o Ka, 'o ke, 'o na
Hungarian	A, Az, Egy
Icelandic	Hi, Hin, Hinar, Hinir, Hinn, Hio
Italian	Gl', Gli, I, Il, L;, La, Le, Lo, Un, Un', Una, Uno
Korean	Un*
Latin	(NB: De is a presposition)
Mangarevan	Ko, Te
Manx	Ny, Y, Yn
Maori	A, He, Ko, Nga, Ngaa, Te
Niuean	E, Ko, Tau
Norwegian	De, Dei, Den, Det, Ei, Ein, Eit, En, Et
Persion	al-
Portuguese	A, As, O, Os, Um, Uma
Provencal, Modern	L', La, Li, Lis, Lo, Lou, Lu, Un, Una, Uno
Provencal, Old	Il, L', La, Las, Le, Les, Lh. Lhi, Li, Lo, Los, Una, Uns, Us
Romanian	O, Un, Una
Samoan	Le, Nai, Ni, O se, Si
Spanish	El, La, Las, Lo, Los, Un, Una
Swedish	De, Den, Det, En, Ett
Tahitan	E, Mau, Te
Tongan	E, Gaahi, Ko, Koe, Ngaahi
Turkish	Bir*, (al- see Arabic)
Tuvalu	A, Ko, Ne, Ni, Se, Te
Uvea	Ko, Ye
Welsh	Y, Yr
Yiddish	A, An, Das, Der, Di, Die, Dos, Eyn, Eyne

*Could mean "one"
**Could mean "he who"
***Haem indicates a question