Syllable Structure in Umatilla Sahaptin
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2019
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Umatilla Sahaptin is a Shaptian language spoken in North-Eastern Oregon by the
Umatilla tribe. While it has some documentation, such as a dictionary and sketch
grammar, there are still acknowledged gaps in the literature. The purpose of this
thesis is to fill one of those gaps with a description of syllable structure. To do this
I compare data gathered from speakers of Umatilla with published accounts of syllable
structure in the mutually intelligible sister language Yakima. After establishing
what is meant by syllable structure and what is known about Yakima, I discuss the
data I gathered. Using word list and sentence elicitations, stories, poems, and songs
I conclude that Umatilla syllable structure is very similar to Yakima's, with some
differences, namely in maximal margins, minimal words, and licensing of sonority
sequence defying clusters.