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DRITOKThe Sound ofNo Voice Speaking

• A Work-in-Progress -
• The Voiceless and Gestural Language of the
  Drushek
• Don Boozer (librarian.don_at_gmail.com)

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What is a Drushek?
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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

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Orthography

• Analogy Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho vs. Tenzin
  Gyatso (Tibetan)
• Dritok
• tr.zw. literally To share/sharing
• Drushek
• trw.cq. literally Beings (of) silence
• Shekstan
• cq.qs.txn. literally Quiet-ness (of the) mind

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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, D5Q1, Q2

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Syntax

• Drushek ? trw.cq.
• Q1 1st person sing. I, my, me
• Q1trw.cq. literally I am a Drushek.
• Q1trw.cq. pxw. We are all NOT Drushek.

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Syntax

• tr.tw. P5trw.cq. Q1s.t.ql.
• tr.tw. Dritok
• P5trw.cq. to the Drushek (dative)
• Q1s.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.

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• P5D2 Q1k.k.
• Thank You.