Initial Definite and Indefinite Articles
The list below of definite and indefinite articles and the languages in which they are used is arranged alphabetically by the article. Some diacritical marks normally found (e.g., the macron used in transliterating Greek articles) have been omitted due to limitations in Web documents.
| a | English, Galician, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scots, Yiddish |
| a' | Scottish Gaelic |
| al | Romanian |
| al- | Arabic, Baluchi, Brahui, Panjabi (Perso-Arabic script), Persian, Turkish, Urdu (Note: al- is meant to cover all of the spellings in romanization (e.g., "as" in "as-sijill")) |
| am | Scottish Gaelic |
| an | English, Irish, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Yiddish |
| an t- | Irish, Scottish Gaelic |
| ane | Scots |
| ang | Tagalog |
| ang mga | Tagalog |
| as | Galician, Portuguese |
| az | Hungarian |
| bat | Basque |
| bir | Turkish |
| d' | English |
| da | Shetland English |
| das | German |
| de | Danish, Dutch, English, Frisian, Norwegian, Swedish |
| dei | Norwegian |
| dem | German |
| den | Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish |
| der | German, Yiddish |
| des | German, Walloon |
| det | Danish, Norwegian, Swedish |
| di | Yiddish |
| die | Afrikaans, German, Yiddish |
| dos | Yiddish |
| e | Norwegian |
| 'e | Frisian |
| een | Dutch |
| eene | Dutch |
| egy | Hungarian |
| ei | Norwegian |
| ein | German, Norwegian, Walloon |
| eine | German |
| einem | German |
| einen | German |
| einer | German |
| eines | German |
| eit | Norwegian |
| el | Catalan, Spanish |
| el- | Arabic |
| els | Catalan |
| en | Catalan, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish |
| enne | Walloon |
| et | Danish, Norwegian |
| ett | Swedish |
| eyn | Yiddish |
| eyne | Yiddish |
| gl' | Italian |
| gli | Italian |
| ha- | Hebrew |
| hai | Classical Greek, Greek |
| he | Hawaiian |
| he | Classical Greek, Greek |
| he- | Hebrew |
| heis | Greek |
| hen | Greek |
| hena | Greek |
| henas | Greek |
| het | Dutch |
| hin | Icelandic |
| hina | Icelandic |
| hinar | Icelandic |
| hinir | Icelandic |
| hinn | Icelandic |
| hinna | Icelandic |
| hinnar | Icelandic |
| hinni | Icelandic |
| hins | Icelandic |
| hinu | Icelandic |
| hinum | Icelandic |
| hið | Icelandic |
| ho | Classical Greek, Greek |
| hoi | Classical Greek, Greek |
| i | Italian |
| ih' | Provençal |
| il | Italian, Provençal/Occitan |
| il- | Maltese |
| in | Frisian |
| it | Frisian |
| ka | Hawaiian |
| ke | Hawaiian |
| l' | Catalan, French, Italian, Provençal/Occitan, Walloon |
| l- | Maltese |
| la | Catalan, Esperanto, French, Italian, Provençal/Occitan, Spanish |
| las | Provençal/Occitan, Spanish |
| le | French, Italian, Provençal/ Occitan |
| les | Catalan, French, Provençal/Occitan, Walloon |
| lh | Provençal/Occitan |
| lhi | Provençal/Occitan |
| li | Provençal/Occitan |
| lis | Provençal/Occitan |
| lo | Italian, Provençal/Occitan, Spanish |
| los | Provençal/Occitan, Spanish |
| lou | Provençal/Occitan |
| lu | Provençal/Occitan |
| mga | Tagalog |
| mga | Tagalog |
| mia | Greek |
| 'n | Afrikaans, Dutch, Frisian |
| na | Hawaiian, Irish, Scottish Gaelic |
| na h- | Irish, Scottish Gaelic |
| nje | Albanian |
| ny | Malagasy |
| 'o | Neapolitan Italian |
| o | Galician, Hawaiian, Portuguese, Romanian |
| os | Portuguese |
| 'r | Icelandic |
| 's | German |
| 't | Dutch, Frisian |
| ta | Classical Greek, Greek |
| tais | Classical Greek |
| tas | Classical Greek |
| te | Classical Greek |
| ten | Classical Greek, Greek |
| tes | Classical Greek, Greek |
| the | English |
| to | Classical Greek, Greek |
| to | Classical Greek |
| tois | Classical Greek |
| ton | Classical Greek, Greek |
| ton | Classical Greek, Greek |
| tou | Classical Greek, Greek |
| um | Portuguese |
| uma | Portuguese |
| un | Catalan, French, Italian, Provençal/Occitan, Romanian, Spanish |
| un' | Italian |
| una | Catalan, Italian, Provençal/Occitan, Spanish |
| une | French |
| unei | Romanian |
| unha | Galician |
| uno | Italian, Provençal/Occitan |
| uns | Provençal/Occitan |
| unui | Romanian |
| us | Provençal/Occitan |
| y | Welsh |
| ye | English |
| yr | Welsh |