, ▁indicated ▁here ▁by ▁an ▁ac ute ▁acc ent . ▁ ▁Sy ll able ▁and ▁ph on ot act ics ▁ ▁While ▁v owel ▁clusters ▁are ▁un common ▁( unless ▁the ▁extra - long ▁v ow els ▁are ▁clusters ), ▁con son ant ▁clusters ▁are ▁u bi quit ous ▁in ▁W ich ita . ▁W ords ▁may ▁begin ▁with ▁clusters ▁such ▁as ▁ ▁() ▁and ▁ ▁( ). ▁The ▁longest ▁cluster ▁noted ▁in ▁W ich ita ▁is ▁five ▁con son ants ▁long , ▁counting ▁ ▁as ▁a ▁single ▁con son ant ▁: ▁ ▁' while ▁sleep ing '. ▁However , ▁W ich ita ▁sy ll ables ▁are ▁more ▁commonly ▁CV ▁or ▁C VC . ▁ ▁Gram mar ▁and ▁morph ology ▁ ▁W ich ita ▁is ▁an ▁ag gl ut in ative , ▁pol ys yn th etic ▁language , ▁meaning ▁words ▁have ▁a ▁root ▁verb ▁basis ▁to ▁which ▁information ▁is ▁added ; ▁that ▁is , ▁morph emes ▁( aff ix es ) ▁are ▁added ▁to ▁verb ▁roots . ▁These ▁words ▁may ▁contain ▁subjects , ▁objects , ▁indirect ▁objects , ▁and ▁possibly ▁indicate ▁possession . ▁Thus , ▁surprising ly ▁complex ▁ideas ▁can ▁be ▁communic ated ▁with ▁as ▁little ▁as ▁one ▁word . ▁For ▁example , ▁ ▁means ▁" one ▁makes ▁himself ▁a ▁fire ". ▁ ▁N oun s ▁do ▁not ▁distinguish ▁between ▁singular ▁and ▁pl ural , ▁as ▁this ▁information ▁is ▁specified ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁verb . ▁W ich ita ▁also ▁does ▁not ▁distinguish ▁between ▁g enders , ▁which ▁can ▁be ▁problem atic