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The Tlastir language is odd in a few of its features, for example, the language completely lacks true nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs, instead relying almost completely on verbs. | The Tlastir language is odd in a few of its features, for example, the language completely lacks true nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs, instead relying almost completely on verbs. | ||
{{Infobox language | |||
|image = In tlastiratl.png | |||
|imagesize = 250px | |||
|name = Tlastir | |||
|nativename = In tlastīratl | |||
|pronunciation = /ɪn t͡ɬäs̪θiːˈɽät͡ɬ/ | |||
|region = [[w:Mesoamerica|Mesoamerica]] | |||
|states = [[w:Mexico|Mexico]], [[w:Guatemala|Guatemala]] | |||
|speakers = 5,380 | |||
|date = 2012 | |||
|familycolor = Language isolate | |||
|fam1 = [[Tlayah languages|Tlayah]] | |||
|dia1 = Tlastir | |||
|dia2 = Tasta'y | |||
|dia3 = Mexiqua | |||
|map = Cuarathah.jpg | |||
|mapcaption = Map picturing the Cuarathah region in [[w:Mesoamerica|Mesoamerica]], in [[w:Mexico|Mexico]] | |||
|iso1 = tl | |||
|iso2 = tlr | |||
|iso3 = tlr | |||
|script = [[w:Latin script|Latin]], [[w:Greek script|Greek]] | |||
|agency = None | |||
|notice = IPA | |||
}} | |||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
The '''Tlastir''' language is a relatively small native American language, spoken foremost in the southernmost of Mexico and on the borders of Guatemala and Belize. The number of speakers is currently obscure, but estimations gather around 12 - 15,000 speakers over four main dialects. Distinctive features include the lack of voiced consonants - despite a large inventory, phonemic vowel length as well as labialisation and aspiration on plosive consonants. Similar to some other native American languages, for example [[w:Blackfoot|Blackfoot]], the language has phonemic consonant gemination. Grammar-wise, the language is heavily agglutinative, possesses what could be described as a V(S)O word order, and verb-based grammatical structure. | The '''Tlastir''' language is a relatively small native American language, spoken foremost in the southernmost of Mexico and on the borders of Guatemala and Belize. The number of speakers is currently obscure, but estimations gather around 12 - 15,000 speakers over four main dialects. Distinctive features include the lack of voiced consonants - despite a large inventory, phonemic vowel length as well as labialisation and aspiration on plosive consonants. Similar to some other native American languages, for example [[w:Blackfoot|Blackfoot]], the language has phonemic consonant gemination. Grammar-wise, the language is heavily agglutinative, possesses what could be described as a V(S)O word order, and verb-based grammatical structure. | ||