Datapoint Seychelles Creole/Definite articles
Seychelles Creole sa is generally not classified as a definite article (see Bollée 2004) because it is far from being grammaticalized and used in every instance of a definite reference. But sa shows in some contexts the associative function which is crucial in the definition of definite article in APiCS. As obligatoriness in definite contexts is not a prerequisite for definite-article use, sa must be classified as a definite article here.
Values 
Definite article identical to a demonstrative
- Example 56-25:
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Ou pa kapab grate pwason. Ou a bezwen sal li ek son lekay tou. E ou tir sa gro zaret milye, ou tir latet.Ou2sgpanegkapabcangratescratchpwason.fishOu2sgafutbezwenneedsalsaltliitekwithsonposs.3sglekayscaletou.allEandou2sgtirpullsaartgrothickzaretbonemilye,middleou2sgtirpulllatet.headYou could not scratch the fish. You had to salt them with their scales. And you pulled the large bone in the middle, you pulled the heads.French: On n'aurait pas pu écailler les poissons. Il fallait donc les saler avec leurs écailles. Et on retirait *les* grandes arêtes au milieu, on retirait les têtes. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 225)
Source: Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 224
- Example 56-67:
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Mon apel sa madanm.Mon1sgapelcallsademmadanm.womanI call this woman. OR: I call the woman.
Source: Michaelis 1994: 184
- Example 56-68:
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Mõ pu don sa rob Mari-Frãs.Mon1sgpoufutdonngivesademrobdressMari-Frans.Mari-FransI will give this dress to Mari-Frans.French: Je donnerai cette robe à Marie-France.
Source: Bollée 1977: 63
- Confidence:
- Very certain