Datapoint Mauritian Creole/Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives

Mauritian has /sa/ as both pro and adnominal BUT it also has sanla/senla 'this/that one'. /sanla/~/senla/ derives historically from Fr. celle-là. The two variants result partly from a great deal of l ~ n variation (historical but continuing) combined with the reinterpretation of the first syllable as deriving from sa + indefinite article en.

Values

Different forms

Example 55-56:
mo pli koṅtaṅ sa liv la
mo
1sg
pli
more
koṅtaṅ
like
sa
dem
liv
book
la
def
I prefer that book.
Example 55-57:
mo pli koṅtaṅ sa — mo pli koṅtaṅ senla
mo
1sg
pli
more
koṅtaṅ
like
sa
that
 
mo
1sg
pli
more
koṅtaṅ
like
senla
that.one
I prefer that. — I prefer that one.
Confidence:
Certain