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DRITOK The Sound of No Voice Speaking

DRITOK The Sound of No Voice Speaking. A Work-in-Progress - The Voiceless and Gestural Language of the Drushek ~ * ~ Don Boozer (librarian.don@gmail.com). What is a Drushek ?. Phonology. Stops: p t q Ejectives: p’ t’ q’ s’ z’ n k’ r’ Fricatives: f s l z c

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DRITOK The Sound of No Voice Speaking

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  1. DRITOKThe Sound ofNo Voice Speaking A Work-in-Progress - The Voiceless and Gestural Language of the Drushek ~ * ~ Don Boozer (librarian.don@gmail.com)

  2. What is a Drushek?

  3. Phonology • Stops: p t q • Ejectives: p’ t’ q’ s’ z’ n k’ r’ • Fricatives: f s l z c • Semi-vowels: x h r • Clicks: p* t* z* k* • Velopharyngeal: o

  4. Orthography • Analogy: Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho vs. Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan) • Dritok • tr’.z*w. literally “To share/sharing” • Drushek • tr’w.cq. literally “Beings (of) silence” • Shekstan • cq.qs.tx:n. literally “Quiet-ness (of the) mind”

  5. Gestures • 10 Basic Hand Shapes • Written as capital letters • (C, D, I , L, P, Q, U, V, W, Y) • 5 Basic Orientations • Written as numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Examples: D1, D2, D3, D4, D5…Q1, Q2

  6. Syntax • Drushek  tr’w.cq. • Q1= 1st person sing.: I, my, me… • Q1=tr’w.cq. literally “I am a Drushek.” • Q1&=tr’w.cq. px:w.“We are all NOT Drushek.”

  7. Syntax tr’.t*w. P5=tr’w.cq. Q1&=s’.t*.ql. • tr.’t*w. “Dritok” • P5=tr’w.cq. “to the Drushek” (dative) • Q1&=s’.t*.ql. “We are speaking” • “We are speaking Dritok with the Drushek” • Literally: “We are giving form with our mouths to a communication system with a Drushek.”

  8. P5^D2& Q1=k*.k*. Thank You.

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