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'''Jeʂtəra''' is one of the languages belonging to Piti language family. It stems directly from Proto-Piti language. It is spoken in the pre-classic period and becomes extinct before the classical period, without giving rise to any daughter language. It has a mixed syllabic-logographic | '''Jeʂtəra''' is one of the languages belonging to Piti language family. It stems directly from [[Proto-Piti]] language. It is spoken in the pre-classic period and becomes extinct before the classical period, without giving rise to any daughter language. It has a mixed syllabic-logographic script. | ||
=Typological structure= | =Typological structure= | ||
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*''noun-relative clause'' | *''noun-relative clause'' | ||
There are however some traces hinting to '''VSO''' order not being original, but a subsequent development from a '''SOV''' order. Among these traces there are the position of the negative adverb, and the position of the infinitival form as a direct object of other verbs. | There are however some traces hinting to '''VSO''' order not being original, but a subsequent development from a previous underlying '''SOV''' order. Among these traces, there are the position of the negative adverb, and the position of the infinitival form as a direct object of other verbs. | ||
{{color|red|līloṕət́}} {{color|green|fūkaliə}} {{color|blue|mūke}} {{color|purple|ʔīs}} | {{color|red|līloṕət́}} {{color|green|fūkaliə}} {{color|blue|mūke}} {{color|purple|ʔīs}} | ||
Latest revision as of 08:42, 3 June 2025
Jeʂtəra is one of the languages belonging to Piti language family. It stems directly from Proto-Piti language. It is spoken in the pre-classic period and becomes extinct before the classical period, without giving rise to any daughter language. It has a mixed syllabic-logographic script.
Typological structure
Jeʂtəra is a morphologically agglutinative language, with an additional but strongly marked introflexive feature, realized in verbal roots.
The basic word order is essentially VSO (Verb-Subject-Object).
līloṕət́ fūkaliə mūke (the) person sees (the) bull
The entire system is set according to typological parameters of the head-modifier (or head-initial) type:
- verb-object
- preposition-noun
- noun-adjective
- noun-relative clause
There are however some traces hinting to VSO order not being original, but a subsequent development from a previous underlying SOV order. Among these traces, there are the position of the negative adverb, and the position of the infinitival form as a direct object of other verbs.
līloṕət́ fūkaliə mūke ʔīs (the) person does not see (the) bull
Phonology
- Main article: Jeʂtəra phonology
Morphology
- Main article: Jeʂtəra morphology
Syntax
- Main article: Jeʂtəra syntax
Vocabulary
- Main article: Jeʂtəra vocabulary
