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
Orthography
Consonants
Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
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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 |
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
Qut nouns are separated between two classes, named I (non-pluriform) and II (pluriform), which are separated between IIa and IIb. Their difference is in genitive and possession constructions based on three forms
Absolute form - The basic form of a noun; a noun which is not possessed.
N1 - The form of the possessed noun, when associated with the possessive prefixes for the 1st person singular, 2nd person singular or plural, and 3rd person singular or plural
N2 - The form of the possessed noun, when associated with the possessive prefixes for the 1st person plural exclusive or inclusive or the form of the nomen regens in a genitive clause : Pedro mãkua, "Pedro's father"
I | IIa | IIb | |
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Absolute 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 / arrow of NP | NP's house / house of NP | NP's father / father of NP |