Qut

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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
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
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


Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources