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The remaining possessives (''eiu, ilur, ilor, ipsur, ipsor''), which derive from genitive forms, are not inflected. | The remaining possessives (''eiu, ilur, ilor, ipsur, ipsor''), which derive from genitive forms, are not inflected. | ||
In informal writing and speech, the articles are typically reduced, with definite articles losing the initial ''l'' (''il'' remains the same) and indefinite ''una'' becoming ''na''; indefinite plural articles are not used in informal speech, with ''arpol'' ("some", from Latin <small>ALIQUOD</small>) being used instead. | In informal writing and speech, the articles are typically reduced, with definite articles losing the initial ''l'' (''il'' remains the same) and indefinite ''una'' becoming ''na''; indefinite plural articles are not used in informal speech, with ''arpol'' ("some", from Latin <small>ALIQUOD</small>) being used instead.<br/>In eastern Mauritania and bordering parts of Numidia, ''il'' becomes ''r'', with an unwritten prosthetic {{IPA|[i]}} or {{IPA|[e]}} before consonants, e.g. ''r om'' "the man" {{IPA|[ˈrɔm]}}, ''r chat'' "the cat" {{IPA|[er‿ˈtɕat]}} for standard ''il om'', ''il chat'' {{IPA|[(i)ɬ‿ˈɔm], [iɬ‿ˈtɕat]}}. | ||
Demonstratives are more complex as they vary dialectally. Standard Atlantic, Mauritania, western Numidia (as far east as Cartennae), almost all of the Sahara, and the Senegal river region use forms unique in the Romance-speaking world, derived from <small>ILLE</small> and <small>HUNC, HANC, HŌS, HĀS</small> for the non-distal and <small>ILLIC</small> for the distal; the remaining areas use forms in common with other Romance languages, from Vulgar Latin *eccu + <small>ISTE</small> for the non-distal and <small>ILLE</small> for the distal one. The forms of those pronouns vary according to the region; the areas around [[w:Djelfa|Fallaba]], in southern Numidia, maintain the animacy distinction of the pronouns even in the demonstratives. | Demonstratives are more complex as they vary dialectally. Standard Atlantic, Mauritania, western Numidia (as far east as Cartennae), almost all of the Sahara, and the Senegal river region use forms unique in the Romance-speaking world, derived from <small>ILLE</small> and <small>HUNC, HANC, HŌS, HĀS</small> for the non-distal and <small>ILLIC</small> for the distal; the remaining areas use forms in common with other Romance languages, from Vulgar Latin *eccu + <small>ISTE</small> for the non-distal and <small>ILLE</small> for the distal one. The forms of those pronouns vary according to the region; the areas around [[w:Djelfa|Fallaba]], in southern Numidia, maintain the animacy distinction of the pronouns even in the demonstratives. | ||