Sateca'an

Phonemes and Orthography

Written

a

b

c

d

e

g

h

í

i

k

l

m

n

ng

o

p

r

s

t

th

u

w

'

IPA

a

b

ʃ

d

e

g

h

i

ə

k

l

m

n

ŋ

o

p

r

s

t

θ

u

w

ʔ

Vocabulary

Pronouns

I
you
it/he/she
this

Articles

the

Nouns

Neuter
soup, stew
coast, shore
water
lake, river, a large body of water as seen from shore
west
tree
thing
beast, wild animal
front, top
word
ocean, sea, a body of water as seen from within it

Feminine
back, bottom (of something)
air, cloud
sky
time
child
animal (domestic)
meat
plant
fire
bush, branch
mother
woman

Masculine
north
cloth, clothing
son, boy
father
man
edge, border
root
tongue, language
body
rock, stone
earth, land
soil
foot, leg

Prepositions

with, by means of
in, at, on, near
above, in front of, after
behind, in back of, before

Grammar

Plurals, Possessives, and Other Affixes

Plural suffixes conjugate by gender.

Neuter	-an
Feminine	-ke
Masculine	-cí

Possessives precede nouns, and conjugate by animacy of the possessor.

Animate	tí
Inanimate	da

Examples:

dweo da na ídan
river of the west

Verb Conjugation

Verbs take different prefixes depending on gender and animacy of the subject.

	Neuter	Feminine	Masculine	Negative*
Animate	dí	thí	bí	kí
Inanimate	de	uem	am	ka

*Applies regardless of gender

Tense is determined by a verb-ending suffix.

	Simple	Continuous	Conditional
Past	-(e)dan	-ídís	-adín
Present	n/a	-lís	-lín
Future	-(e)kan	-íkís	-akín

Perfect and pluperfect forms are made by adding ogín (animate) or egan (inanimate) as suffixes to the simple and continuous forms, respectively.