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A short primer for Kala grammar. The full grammar can be found here:

Han Moya

Han Moya is an adaptation of Hangul for writing Kala. It is written horizontally, in lines running from left to right. It can also be written vertically in columns.

Consonants

• ㄱㄲㄴㄷㄸㄹㅁㅂㅃㅅㅆㅇㅈㅉㅊㅋㅌㅍㅎ

k nk n t nt l m p mp s ns a ts nts ts` k` tl p` h

/k~g ᵑk~ⁿg n t~d ⁿt~ⁿd l~ɾ m p~b ᵐp~ᵐb s~ʃ ⁿs~ⁿʃ - ts~t͡ʃ ⁿts~ⁿt͡ʃ tsʰ~t͡ʃʰ kʰ t͡ɬ~tl pʰ h~ɦ/

The adaptations of doubled consonants are used word initially to indicate prenasalization. Medial occurrences of nasalized syllables are written across syllables.

Vowels

• ㅏ ᅶ ㅐ ㅑ ᅸ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅟ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ

a ao ai ya yao e ye o ao yo ua uai ue u i

/a~a: aʊ̯ aɪ̯ ja~ʲa: jaʊ̯~ʲaʊ̯ e~ɛ je~ʲɛ o~o: jo~ʲo: wa~ʷa: waɪ̯~ʷaɪ̯ we~ʷe: u~u: i~ɪ/

• ㅘ This is pronounced /we/ in Korean because of the order of the vowels; however, because obsolete jamo are difficult to type and look junky as images, in Kala, this is used for /aʊ̯/ when typing. It is rarely seen due to the diphthong itself being uncommon.

Word order

SUBJECT - OBJECT - VERB

• naka ke mita itsa

woman O dog love

The woman loves the dog.

Kala lacks morphological adjectives and instead uses attributive verbs.

• ke tsaka taha

O house be.big

The big house / The house is big

Kala lacks morphological adverbs, verbs modified with the adverbial ending -n tend to precede the verb phrase they modify.

• tsumun nam yokone

cautious-ADV 1pl swim-SUG

We should swim cautiously.

Kala lacks morphological prepositions and instead uses locational and relational verbs.

• mita ke yempa tahe

dog O table be.under

The dog is under the table.

Nouns

Nouns are marked for number; plural and collective:

• mita - dog - a dog
  • mitam - dog-PL - dogs
  • tlimita - COL-dog - a dog pack / a pack of dogs
  • tlimitam - COL-dog-PL - dog packs / packs of dogs

When the final syllable of a word contains an m, mp, and sometimes a p the plural marking changes to -lo.

• yama - mountain - a mountain
  • yamalo - mountain-PL - mountains
  • tliyama - COL-mountain - a mountain range / range of mountains
  • tliyamalo - COL-mountain-PL - mountain ranges / ranges of mountains

Gender is not normally marked but can be with the endings -na and -ta to mark the feminine and masculine, respectively.

• uma - horse - a horse
  • umana - horse-FEM - mare
  • umata - horse-MASC - stallion

Pronouns

Personal pronouns:

• na - 1st person
• ta - 2nd person
• ha - 3rd person
• tla - 4th person ("it", "one") (used for inanimate nouns)

• na'am - 1st person plural exclusive (we but not you)
• kam - 3rd person plural

Modifiers:

• -m - plural
• -nku - reciprocal (inherently plural)
• e- - patient
• -i - reflexive
• -yo - possessive

Other pronouns include:

• tlokua - everyone, everybody
• kola - someone, somebody; whomever, anyone, anybody
• tlok - no one, nobody
• nokua - everything
• nola - something; whatever, anything
• nok - nothing

Verbs

Verbs are marked for tense, aspect, and mood.

Tense

Simple past, present, and future.

• naka ke mita anyaye

woman O dog see-PST

The woman saw the dog.

• mita ke tahi yatsi

dog O boy bite

The dog bites the boy.

• naka ke tahi tlepatli

woman O boy teach-FUT

The woman will teach the boy.

Aspect

Continuous, Perfective, Inchoative, and Frequentative.

• na ke niye pukunko

1s O undergarment wear-CONT

I am wearing underclothes.

• kam inapua

3pl eat-PFV

They have eaten.

• nahi yotimu

girl play-INCH

The girl begins to play.

• tlaka ke apua tlatonua

man O song recite-FREQ

The man recites the song repetitively.

Mood

• na mokuyepak

1s sleep-PST-ABIL-NEG

I was unable to sleep.

• neko ke panya matapya

cat O mouse kill-ATT

The cat is trying to kill the mouse.

• yalakya

walk-HORT

Let's go!

• ke asi yetate

O salt give-PREC

Will you please pass me the salt?