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(New page: Itapesituc is the reconstruction of the language which spawned the Itapesituc family. ==Phonology== =Phonemes and Orthography= */p b t d k g/ - p b t d k g */m n s r l x/ - m n s r l c */...) |
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
=Phonemes and Orthography= | ===Phonemes and Orthography=== | ||
*/p b t d k g/ - p b t d k g | */p b t d k g/ - p b t d k g | ||
*/m n s r l x/ - m n s r l c | */m n s r l x/ - m n s r l c | ||
*/a e i u/ - a e i u | */a e i u/ - a e i u | ||
=Syllabic Constraints= | ===Syllabic Constraints=== | ||
*(C)V(C), only intersyllabic clusters permitted are mb, nd, st, rd, rt, rk, rg, lt, ld, lk, lg and ck (Nasals/Fricatives + Corresponding Stop in voicing and POA, or Approximant + Alveolar or Velar Stop). | *(C)V(C), only intersyllabic clusters permitted are mb, nd, st, rd, rt, rk, rg, lt, ld, lk, lg and ck (Nasals/Fricatives + Corresponding Stop in voicing and POA, or Approximant + Alveolar or Velar Stop). | ||
=Prosody and Allophony= | ===Prosody and Allophony=== | ||
*Primary syllable stress and pitch-stress that gives those syllables high tone and all others low. | *Primary syllable stress and pitch-stress that gives those syllables high tone and all others low. | ||
*Also, stressed vowel nuclei are long, all others short. | *Also, stressed vowel nuclei are long, all others short. | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
=Verbal Morphology= | ===Verbal Morphology=== | ||
*Regular Morphology Paradigm: | *Regular Morphology Paradigm: | ||
**"pesit" - to speak | **"pesit" - to speak | ||
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**Dechticaetiative Nominalizer: nupesit (subject of speaking - topic) | **Dechticaetiative Nominalizer: nupesit (subject of speaking - topic) | ||
=Nominal Morphology= | ===Nominal Morphology=== | ||
==Lexicon== | ==Lexicon== | ||
[[Itapesituc Root List]] | [[Itapesituc Root List]] | ||
Revision as of 11:25, 7 March 2009
Itapesituc is the reconstruction of the language which spawned the Itapesituc family.
Phonology
Phonemes and Orthography
- /p b t d k g/ - p b t d k g
- /m n s r l x/ - m n s r l c
- /a e i u/ - a e i u
Syllabic Constraints
- (C)V(C), only intersyllabic clusters permitted are mb, nd, st, rd, rt, rk, rg, lt, ld, lk, lg and ck (Nasals/Fricatives + Corresponding Stop in voicing and POA, or Approximant + Alveolar or Velar Stop).
Prosody and Allophony
- Primary syllable stress and pitch-stress that gives those syllables high tone and all others low.
- Also, stressed vowel nuclei are long, all others short.
Morphology
Verbal Morphology
- Regular Morphology Paradigm:
- "pesit" - to speak
- Verb-Noun: pesit
- First Person Singular Present: pesita
- 2S PRES: pesitan
- 3S PRES MASC: pesital
- 3S PRES FEM: pesitalt
- 1P PRES: pesitu
- 2P PRES: pesiti
- 3P PRES MASC: pesitala
- 3P PRES FEM: pesitalta
- Nominal Nominalizer: itapesit (speaker)
- Primary Nominalizer: upesit (speakee - audience)
- Dechticaetiative Nominalizer: nupesit (subject of speaking - topic)
