USMARC Format for Bibliographic and Authority Data Initial Definite and Indefinite Articles
in order by article
LANGUAGE Non-filing Articles
Afrikaans Die, 'n
Albanian Nje, nji
Arabic al-, el-
Catalan El, Els, L', Les, Un, Una
Danish De, Den, Det, Di, En, Et
Dutch De, Een, Ene, Het, 'n, sl, 't
English A, An, The
Esperanto La
French L', La, Le, Les, Un, Une [Un(e) can also mean "one"]
Gaelic (Scots and Irish) An, Na
German Das, Der, Die, Ein, Eine [Ein(e) can also mean "one"] [der can also mean "he who"]
Greek, Classical Hai, He, Ho, Hoi, Ta, To
Greek, Modern Haim He, Heis, Hen, Hena, Henas, Ho, Hoi, Mia, Ta, To
Hebrew ha, he-, ho-
Hungarian A, Az, egy
Icelandic Hi, Hin, Hinar, Hinir, Hinn, Hio
Italian Gl', Gli, I, Il, L;, La, Le, Lo, Un, Un', Una, Uno
Malagasy Ny
Manx Ny, Y, Yn
Maori he, nga, ngaa, te
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
Spanish El, La, Las, Lo, Los, Un, Una
Swedish De, Den, Det, En, Ett
Turkish al-, Bir [al- is article only in Ottoman Turkish when written in Arabic]
Welsh Y, Yr
Yiddish A, An, Das, Der, Di, Die, Dos, Eyn, Eyne
Pacific Rim languages:
LANGUAGE LANG CODE ARTICLES
Fijian fij a, ai i, ko, na, nai, o
Gilbertese gil taian, te
Hawaiian haw he, ka ke, na [macron over a], `o, `o ka,
`o ke, `o na [macron over a]
Kapingamarangi map di
Mangarevan map ko, te
Maori mao a, he, ko nga [macron over a], ngaa, te
Niuean niu e, ko, tau
Nukuoro map te
Rarotongan rar au, e au, ko, te
Samoan sao le, nai, ni, o, se, si
Tahitian tah e, mau, te
Tokelauan tkl ko, te
Tongan ton e, gaahi, ko, koe, ngaahi
Tuvalu tvl a, ko, ne, ni, se, te
Uvea map ko, ye