Cheyenne language

Spoken in

Algonquian languages

• Cheyenne

Chy

Chy

Cheyenne (Cheyenne: Tsêhesenêstsestôtse ) is an indigenous North American language of the Algonquian language family, spoken by about 1,700 Cheyenne in the states of Montana and Oklahoma in the United States.

• 2.1 modes
• 2.2 pronominal affixes

Phonology

Cheyenne is phonologically a typical Algonquian language: It is characterized by a small phoneme inventory, but it has a highly complex system morphophonologischer processes at the morpheme on. The phonemes are:

Consonants

Vowels

A and E can unvoiced ( whispered ) are pronounced. This is characteristic of the Cheyenne language produce different phonemes in the two pronunciations and are not interchangeable with each other. In this article, the voiceless vowels are written as A and E.

Grammar

Like other North American languages ​​, the Cheyenne is a polysynthetic language with some fusional trains. The pronominal system has an inclusive / exclusive distinction.

Modes

The indicative mood is used for simple statements, the truth of which the speaker can testify himself. Interrogative forms are used for questions. Dubitative shapes are selected when the speaker wants the claim that he does weaken. Attributive forms describe statements that are heard by a third party spokesman. Mediate forms refer to speaking in time and space and are frequently used for tales (compare the use of the past tense in German ).

The forms of Hortativ can occur in both the singular and plural forms.

Pronominal affixes

There are three basic pronominal prefixes in Cheyenne:

Ná - First Person, Second Person - né, é - Third Person

These three basic prefixes can be combined with various suffixes to all Cheyenne express pronominal differences. For example, the prefix " ná " can be combined with the Verbsuffix " me" to ("we without you" exclusive =) expressing the first person plural. nátahpetame, " Wir.EXCL are great. "