Qut

Introduction

Qut (Qut nã'anĩ) is a native South American language spoken on the North of the Amazonian forest, at the borders of Rio Negro.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m	n	ŋ
Plosive	p, b	t ~ t͡ʃ, d	k, g	q	ʔ
Fricative		s
Flap		ɾ

Vowels

	Frontal		Central		Back
	plain	nasal	plain	nasal	plain	nasal
Close	i	ĩ	ɨ	ɨ̃	u	ũ
Mid close					o	õ
Mid open	ɛ	ɛ̃
Open			a	ã

Morphology

Nouns

Qut nouns are separate between two classes, named I (non-pluriform) and II (pluriform), are separated between two sub-classes : IIa and IIb. Their difference is on genitive and possession constructions.

	I	IIa	IIb
Basic form	sa	goaba	mãkua
	arrow	house	father
1SG	pasa	pagoaba	pabakua
	mine arrow	my house	my father
2SG	rosa	rogoaba	robakua
	thine arrow	thy house	thy father
3	usa	ugoaba	ubakua
	his/their arrow	his/their house	his/their father
1PL EXCL	tysa	tyñõãmã	tymãkua
	our arrow	our house	our father
1PL INCL	rysa	ryñõãmã	rymãkua
	our arrow	our house	our father
2PL	ru'sa	ru'goaba	ru'bakua
	your arrow	your house	your father
Genitive construction	NP sa	NP ñõãmã	NP mãkua
	NP's arrow	NP's house	NP's father