Itapesituc

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)

Lexicon

Itapesituc Root List