Datapoint San Andres Creole English/Indefinite articles

The indefinite article wan is identical with the numeral ‘one’. The variant a is acrolectal in San Andres Creole English and excludes any idea of countability. It is invariable before vowels.

Values

Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’

Example 10-62:
Di gyal had wan guol ring we ihn pupa gi im an wan guol niigl.
Di
art.def
gyal
girl
had
have.pst
wan
art.indf
guol
gold
ring
ring
we
rel
ihn
3sg.poss
pupa
father
gi
give
im
3sg
an
and
wan
art.indf
guol
gold
niigl.
needle
The girl had a golden ring which her father had given to her and a golden needle.
Example 10-63:
wan; tuu; trii
wan;
one
tuu;
two
trii
three
one; two; three
Confidence:
Very certain