Re: The Bitha overview

Larry Schelin wrote:
>             Bilabal        Dental       Alvelor            Velar
> Ulvular    Glottal
> Stop         b                 -              d                   k
> g             -               ' (?)
So, {g} is a uvular stop?  Why not use {q}?  That would free {g} up for
/G/.

> Nasal       m                 -               -                  ng
No /n/?  That's rather unusual.

>         i uu(y)        EH(u") u
>             e
>               a OO(9)    ah(A)
What {EH} exactly?  Is it an unrounded /u/?  Quite an unusual system.

> vidh present tense
>
> vith past tense (basic past, can be any time in the past, no specific
> moment)
> bith         (one minute ago)
> dith         (one hour ago)
> ngith        (yesterday)
> tsith         (one week ago)
> jith           (one month ago)
> gith          (one year ago)
Hmm, I'd say that it was time-i-tense, that is b = one minute, d = one
hour, etc., and -dh = present, -th = past, -sh = future.  How do you
handle "ten minutes ago"?  Is that "dith"?

> Must                    -uh-
> Absolutly have to -ugh-
Interesting.

> II v+(infix)+dh(th, sh, etc...)
> Accidentally      -ija-
> Purposfully        -ira-
> Repeatly           -atsi-
> Once                -itsa-
> Definatly true    -edzi-
> Probably true    -adzi-
> Probably false   -eshi-
> Definatly false   -ashi-
Let me see if I've got this straight, "one minute ago, definitely true"
would be "bedzith"?  Can these be combined?  Can you say "once,
definitely true"?

> A little bit "trickle"   jia-
> Some "flow"            za-
> A lot "gush"             tse-
> A whole lot "flood"  gu-
I don't understand these at all.  Please explain.

> (Noun-subject) mi (Verb) (Noun- Indirect object) vidh (Noun- direct
> object)
Interesting.  "Mi" can, of course, be "ngi", etc. also, yes?

> I see you (pl.)
> Ju mi eri vidh vithu.
Would "I don't see y'all" be:

Ju ngi eri vidh vithu?


Pretty interesting language, over all.

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