Black River Aséta

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Enáte le Šéte, Šéte le Šitiméye [e.ˈna.te le ˈɕe.te], [ˈɕe.te ˈle ɕi.ti.ˈme.je]
Period	c. 0 YP
Spoken in	Northwestern Tuysáfa, Along the Viradašeye River
Total speakers	unknown
Writing system	unknown
Classification	T1 languages   Northeastern Bay
Typology
Basic word order	SVO
Morphology	Largely Fusional with some Synthetic Elements
Alignment	NOM-ACC
Credits
Created by	Caleone

Black River Aséta, referred to as Šete le Šitiméye or Enáte le Šete (language of the Sitimeyans or Our Language respectively), is a language spoken around 0 YP along the Viradašeye River by the Sitimeyan peoples (a subgroup of the Fareveme peoples) and a descendant of the Northeastern Bay Language. As such this language is related to the other T1 languages including its closest relative Asséta, as well as West Yalan, East Yalan, Omari, Hkətl’ohnim, and Tumetıęk.

Phonology

Vowels

Unlike in Asséta, the speakers of this language only distinguish five vowels, with a length distinction rather than one of nasalization.

	front	back
high	i	u
mid	e	o
low	a

• long vowels are written with a macron.

Consonants

Aséta contains a reduced consonant inventory in comparison to its sibling, lacking geminate consonants & the retroflex series but retaining the voicing distinction.

	labial	alveolar	palatal	velar	glottal
nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
plosive	p b	t d		k ɡ
fricative	v	s z	ɕ ʑ		h
affricate		ts dz	tɕ dʑ
liquid		l ɾ
glide	w		j

• /ɲ ŋ/ are transcribed ñ ng
• /ts dz tɕ dʑ/ are transcribed c x č j
• /ɕ ʑ/ are transcribed š ž
• /ɾ j/ are transcribed r y

Suprasegmentals

Like its close relative Aséta is a stress-timed language, with higher weight given to stressed syllables. That is, there is a noticeable length and quality difference in stressed syllables, being spoken at a higher pitch than the unstressed vowels. Unlike Asséta, however, stress is variable whereas on the former stress is confined to the penultimate syllable. As such stress is marked by an acute accent (e.g. á), except when that vowel is long.

Phonotactics

Syllable Structure

The maximal syllable structure in Aséta is (C)(w, j, r)V(C) where C = any consonant and V = any vowel. The typical syllable, however, tends toward V & CV structures.

Syntax

Noun Phrases

Numerals

1.	na	11.	nona
2.	ne	12.	nesána	20.	nédna
3.	a	13.	ána	30.	éna
4.	ka	14.	kapána	40.	kábna
5.	ra	15.	réna	50.	reréna
6.	ta	16.	takána	60.	tákna
7.	muv	17.	muvána	70.	múrna
8.	ha	18.	héna	80.	hehéna
9.	oyó	19.	lána	90.	órna
10.	néta			100.	aneténa
				1000.	nóma