Whitechest

Whitechest is a language spoken by a small tribe of 150 people in northeastern Alabama of the same name. The name for the language and the tribe comes from the fascination that the tribe had with the skin color of the discoverers. The native name for Whitechest is "Ȟakasesi." The language is an isolate, so it has a speech pattern that differs from nearby languages such as Creek. It is a fusional language.

Consonants
Letters in parenthesis are the sound's representation in the alphabet.

Phonotactics
1. All syllables must have an onset, limited to two consonants.

2. Stress is always ultima, so all words are oxytonal.

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