following . Voiceless vowels are less common in Timbisha than in Shoshoni and Comanche. Writing system Timbisha spelling is based on Dayley and uses the Roman alphabet. Ü is used for and ng for . Grammar Study of Timbisha has been carried on by Jon Dayley and John McLaughlin, both of whom wrote grammatical descriptions. Dayley has published a dictionary. Word order and case marking Timbisha word order is usually SOV as in: The accusative case and possessive case are marked with suffixes. Adverbial relationships are marked with postpositions on nouns as well as with true adverbs. For example: Adjectives are usually prefixed to the nouns they modify, unless the relationship is temporary when they are independent words with special suffixes. Compare tosa-kapayu, 'white-horse', "palomino or other pale-colored breed" and tosapihtü kapayu, 'white/pale horse', "white or pale horse" (who happens to be white or pale, but whose siblings may be any color). Verbs Verbs are marked for grammatical aspect with suffixes. Valence is marked with both prefixes and suffixes. Some common intransitive verbs have suppletive forms for singular or plural subjects and some common transitive verbs have suppletive forms for singular or plural objects. Otherwise, there is no grammatical agreement marked by the verb. References External links Panamint language overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Linguist List map of Panamint How to count in Timbisha OLAC resources in and about the Panamint language Timbisha Agglutinative languages Numic languages Indigenous languages of California Indigenous languages of the Southwestern United States Indigenous languages of the North American Southwest Indigenous languages of the North American Great Basin Subject–object–verb languages