Tēsu-Arar Language

Tēsu-Arar (/teːsu aɹaɹ/) is a Tesian language of the Durimic (Northern Navari) family, spoken across the Haraz Basin and much of the central Deresmar plains, with Duric Tēsu-Arar serving as the best-described standard derived from the Classical register. It has a predominantly (C)V(C) syllable rhythm and predictable penultimate stress, with productive epenthesis (typically [ə]) in cluster repair. Its consonant inventory is characterized by a stable retroflex series /ʈ ɖ ʂ ʐ ɳ/ and a strong fricative system including /x ɣ/, while its vowel system is commonly analysed as /i y e ɛ a ɨ o u/ in the standard tradition; the lexicon is treated as nontonal in ordinary description, though limited high–low pitch alternation is noted in formal recitation. Morphosyntactically, Tēsu-Arar is moderately agglutinative and predominantly suffixing, with basic SOV order, ergative-absolutive alignment on nominals, absolutive-indexing verbal agreement, six productive cases, and strongly head-final claus