Secret Project

Secret Project is spoken high in the Andes in the far future following [redacted].

= Phonology

Syllable structure is (C₁)(C₂)V(C₃) word-initially, where C₂ is an approximant, C₁ is not an approximant or rhotic, and C₃ is an occlusive; and CV(C₂) elsewhere, where C₂ is an occlusive.

/ɓ ɗ/ are realized as nasals [m n] before the nasal vowel /ã/ and pre-pausa (most commonly at the end of a word).

/p/ is typically realized as [f] except word-finally.

The front vowels /i e/ are centralized [ɨ ə] before retroflex consonants.

= Clause syntax

Word order in a clause is basically VS and AVO, except that all pronouns in a clause cliticize to the front of the verb. Also sometimes weird stuff happens.

Core arguments are mostly unmarked but there's an optional ergative case marker. Oblique arguments are marked with postpositions.

= Noun Phrases

All case markers in a NP cliticize to the end of the NP. Possessors appear before possessed nouns. Nouns are marked for agreement with nouns they modify; this agreement can stack.

= Verb Morphology

Verbs are marked for agreement with the subject, most of the time.

Verbs can incorporate a postposition, which functions like an applicative.

= Agreement

There are a large number of agreement classes which are partly phonological and partly semantic. There are several agreement classes with just one member; the agreement marker formally resembles the noun. These include fire, lime, coca leaf, and houses.