Itapesituc
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| Itapesituc | |
|---|---|
| Pronounced: | /i˩ta˩pe:˥si˩tu˩x/ |
| Timeline and Universe: | theoretically this universe, future |
| Species: | Humanoid |
| Spoken: | South-Central Valley Woodlands, south of the Measceineafh |
| Total speakers: | ~1 million by certain theories |
| Writing system: | Romanized, Adapted Faraneit Script |
| Genealogy: | Itapesituc Atpisto |
| Typology | |
| Morphological type: | Inflecting with Isolating elements |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | Nominative-Accusative |
| Basic word order: | SOV |
| Credits | |
| Creator: | Humancadaver101 aka Schwhatever aka Buckfush530 |
| Created: | February 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)
