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Full Description
Cua is a Kalahari Khoe language spoken in southeastern Botswana (Kweneng District). It is closely related to languages such as G||ana, Tshila and Tsua. The phonology chapter describes the consonant, tone and vowel inventories, as well as a system of depressed tones following aspirated and voiced consonants. Later chapters provide concise overviews of the morphology and syntax of the language. Cua is characterized by a complex system of person-gender-number markers (PGN markers), which play a role in the formation of the pronouns. The features defining pronouns include: singular, dual, and plural number; first, second, and third person; and masculine, feminine and neutral gender. There is also a distinction between inclusive and exclusive first-person plural pronouns.
Contents
Introduction — Basic Sentences — Phonology — PGN Markers on Nouns — Pronouns — Imperative and Subjunctive — Reflexives and Reciprocals — Juncture Morpheme — Tense, Aspect, and Negation — Adverbs — Postpositions — Noun Phrase Coordination — Passives — Causatives — Copulas — Serial Verb — Constructions — Demonstratives — Adjectives — Numerals — Quantifiers — Possessors — Relative Clauses — Subordinate Clauses — Clausal Coordination — Questions — Focus
