Cuoxeh: Difference between revisions

'''Cuoxeh''' (pronounced /[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:IPA|kʷoˈʃeʔ]]/, literally "the speech" or "the talk") is a small native American language spoken in Belize and Guatemala. There are between 10,000 and 15,000 native speakers spread out within a fairly large area of land and though the language is not officially recognised in Guatemala, it is in Belize.

<!--See Alabama language for allophony inspiration-->

===Consonants===

! colspan="2" scope="col" style="width: 85px; "|

! scope="col" style="width: 85px; text-align: center; "|Bilabial

|}

#When the close vowels "'''i'''" and "'''ī'''"  neighbour uvular consonants they are realised as [ɪ] and [ɪː] respectively (and even as [e] and [eː] by some speakers).

#In loan words, especially proper nouns, "'''c'''" may represent /s/ before "'''e'''" and "'''i'''", e.g. "'''cesałxi'''", meaning "tyrant", from the Spanish "césar".

#When "'''h'''" is syllable initial it is usually realised as [h] and when syllable final it is always realised as [ʔ]

===Vowels===

!  style="width: 100px; "|

!  style="width: 100px; "|Front

====Assimilation====

The syllables of morphemes may be altered when followed or proceeded by certain other morphemes. A list of such assimilations is shown below:

!  style="width: 75px; "|Coda

!  style="width: 35px; "|

<!--castilla(cuoxe)h = Spanish (n.)-->

===Pronominal verbal prefixes===

! style="width: 150px; "|

! style="width: 100px; "|1ps

===Copula===

! colspan="7" |yō (''to be'', ''to exist'')

|-

===Regular verbs===

====-V====

! colspan="7" |huaxa (''to give'')

|-

====-C====

! colspan="7" |ec (''to hear'')

|-

==Example sentences==

! colspan="2" style=" text-align: center; |Glossing abbreviations used below

|-

|}

! colspan="2"|Graded Sentences for Analysis from http://www.potterpcs.net/gsfa/

|-

|}

! colspan="2"|Other

|-

|3PL-CAUS-TRANS-NG-freeze-PI candle~PL-ABS 3SG-freeze-PF cake-ABS RC 3SG-prove-PP 3SG-NG-food-PP RC

|}