Glenn Windschuttel & Asako Shiohara 3 Kui 1 The language scene 111 2 Phonology 112 2.1 Consonants 112 2.1.1 Minimal pairs for consonant phonemes 113 2.1.2 Consonant allophony 115 2.2 Vowels 115 2.3 Stress 118 2.4 Phonotactics and syllable structure 120 2.5 Morphophonemics 122 2.5.1 Allomorphy of agreement prefixes 122 2.5.2 Blending 123 2.5.3 Compounds and monophthongization 124 2.5.4 Metathesis 124 2.5.5 Voicing assimilation 125 2.5.6 Reduplication 126 3 Basic clausal syntax 127 3.1 Predicate types 127 3.1.1 Verbal predicates 128 3.1.2 Nominal predicates 130 3.1.3 Elevational predicates 131 3.1.4 Predications expressing location and existence 133 3.2 Negation 135 3.3 Questions 136 3.4 Imperatives 138 4 Noun phrases 139 4.1 Attributes and relative clauses 140 4.2 Quantification 141 4.2.1 Numerals 141 4.2.2 Plural marker 143 4.3 Demonstratives 144 4.4 Possession 144