MASON, TEPECANO, A PIMAN LANGUAGE OF MEXICO 



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Stems commencing- in a consonant reduplicate the consonant with 

 following vowel. 



singular 



mai 



nov 



SU'G 



cix 



hoG 



bauv 



prnic 



dirr 



tiu - 'p- 



ga"duk 



ko'trup 



Plural 



The rules of syncope and consonantal combination i 

 force here. 



appear in full 



mr'su' 



na'kwa-r 



sama*r 



civoriG 



pitca -, G 



ta'po'c 



gi'dai 



ka'cio - 



Initial b and v are difficult to distinguish. But those stems uni- 

 formly written with an initial b reduplicate to 6, as bat, "tail", 

 bdbai, while those whose initial sound was heard generally as #, 

 though occasionally also as b, reduplicate to v but change the initial 

 v of the stem, now in medial position, to p. 



va'sa 

 vat'o' 

 vakon 

 vis 



vo'ci 

 vok 



The presence of a glottal stop in the stem appears to cause aber- 

 rant changes in the plural form. An intervocalic glottal stop ap- 

 pears to cause a disappearance of the final vowel. 



sa a 

 ha"a 



blanket 

 jar, olkt 



sa'sa 

 lia'ha' 



