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'''Kī́rtako''' is one of the languages belonging to Piti language family. It stems directly from Proto-Piti language. It is spoken in the classic period and gives rise to a separate branch, named ''Kī́rtako languages''. Two daughter languages belong to this group and stem from Kī́rtako. It has an alphabetical script.
'''Kī́rtako''' is one of the languages belonging to Piti language family. It stems directly from [[Proto-Piti]] language. It is spoken in the classic period and gives rise to a separate branch, named ''Kī́rtako languages''. Two daughter languages belong to this group and stem from Kī́rtako. It has an alphabetical script.


==Typological structure==
==Typological structure==

Latest revision as of 08:40, 3 June 2025

Kī́rtako is one of the languages belonging to Piti language family. It stems directly from Proto-Piti language. It is spoken in the classic period and gives rise to a separate branch, named Kī́rtako languages. Two daughter languages belong to this group and stem from Kī́rtako. It has an alphabetical script.

Typological structure

Kī́rtako is a morphologically agglutinative language, with an additional but strongly marked introflexive feature, realized in verbal roots.

The basic word order is essentially SOV (Subject-Object-Verb).

phū́kali mū́ke lī́lopɑt
(the) person sees (the) cow

The entire system is set according to typological parameters of the modifier-head (or head-final) type:

  • object - verb
  • noun - postposition
  • adjective - noun
  • relative clause - noun

Phonology

Main article: Kī́rtako phonology

Morphology

Main article: Kī́rtako morphology

Syntax

Main article: Kī́rtako syntax

Vocabulary

Main article: Kī́rtako vocabulary