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== pronunciation ==
* Where '''~''' appears, it indicates [[wp:Free_variation|free variation]] between phonemes.
=== vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!'''Front'''
!'''Central'''
!'''Back'''
|-align=center
!'''Close'''
|{{IPA|i~i:}} '''(i)'''  || || {{IPA|u~u:}} '''(u)'''
|-align=center
!'''Mid'''
|{{IPA|e~e:}} '''(e)''' || || {{IPA|o~o:}} '''(o)'''
|-align=center
!'''Open'''
| || {{IPA|a~a:}} '''(a)''' ||
|}
==== diphthongs ====
* Both of the falling [[wp:Diphthong|diphthongs]] as well as '''uai''' and '''yao''' only occur word finally.
===== falling =====
*{{IPA|[aɪ~aɪ:]}} - '''ai'''
*{{IPA|[aʊ~aʊ:]}} - '''ao'''
===== rising =====
*{{IPA|[wa~wa:]}} - '''ua'''
*{{IPA|[waɪ~waɪ:]}} - '''uai'''
*{{IPA|[ja~ja:]}} - '''ya'''
*{{IPA|[ja~jaɪ:]}} - '''yai'''
*{{IPA|[jaʊ~jaʊ:]}} - '''yao'''
*{{IPA|[je~je:]}} - '''ye'''
*{{IPA|[jo~jo:]}} - '''yo'''
=== consonants ===
{| class="IPA wikitable"
! rowspan="2"|
! rowspan="2"|Labial
! colspan="2"|Dental
! rowspan="2"|Palatal
! colspan="2"|Velar
! rowspan="2"|Glottal
|-align=center
!<small>central</small>
!<small>lateral</small>
!<small>plain</small>
!<small>labial</small>
|-align=center
! Nasal
| {{IPA|m}} '''(m)'''
| {{IPA|n}} '''(n)'''
|
| {{IPA|ɲ}} '''(ny)'''
|
|
|
|-align=center
!Plosive
| {{IPA|p~b}} '''(p)'''
| {{IPA|t~d}} '''(t)'''
|
|
| {{IPA|k~g}} '''(k)'''
| {{IPA|ʔ}} '''(')'''
|-align=center
!Fricative
|
| {{IPA|s}} '''(s)'''
|
| {{IPA|ʃ}} '''(s)'''
|
|
| {{IPA|h~ɦ}} '''(h)'''
|-align=center
!Affricate
|
| {{IPA|ts}} '''(ts)'''
| {{IPA|tɬ}} '''(tl)'''
| {{IPA|tʃ}} '''(ts)'''
|
|
|
|-align=center
! Approximant
|
|
| {{IPA|l~r}} '''(l)'''
| {{IPA|j}} '''(y)'''
|
| {{IPA|w}} '''(u)'''
|
|}
==== allophony ====
* /h/ > /ɦ/ when preceded or followed by a front vowel.
* The [[wp:Glottal_stop|glottal stop]] is not phonemic but is included in the chart above. It is pronounced between two vowels and/or diphthongs that are not connected.
* <'''s'''> & <'''ts'''> are /ʃ/ and /tʃ/ respectively, unless immediately preceded or followed by one another, then <'''s'''> is always /s/ and <'''ts'''> is always /tʃ/.
* However, one could pronounce them either way (e.g. always /s/ & /ts/) and still be understood.
*Example:
:'''sitsa''' - /'si:.tʃa/ - warmth, heat / warm, hot / to heat up
:'''tsasu''' - /'tʃa:.su/ - cursive writing; having successive letters joined together
==== phonotactics ====
* Kala phonotactics does not allow the onsets of adjacent syllables to be identical, nor both to be [[wp:Labialization|labialized]] or [[wp:Palatalization|palatalized]].
** There are a few exceptions to this, such as '''tata''' for the informal/familiar form of father, etc.
* Syllables beginning with /l/ do not occur as the first syllable of a headword.
==== syllable structure ====
* ''See also'': [[Kala/syllables|Syllables]]
*(N)(C)V/D(F)
**N - nasal; prenasal; /n/ or /m/
**C - consonant
**V - vowel
**D - diphthong
**F - final; coda
 
*The three codas are /k/, /m/, and /n/; these only occur as a final codas to negate, pluralize or adverbialize verbs and nouns, respectively.
==== stress ====
* In Kala stress falls on the [[wp:Stress_(linguistics)|penultimate]] syllable with the exceptions of negatives and words that end with a syllable onset palatal approximant, in which case stress is [[wp:Stress_(linguistics)|ultimate]].
==== prenasalized consonants ====
* In Kala, almost every consonant can be [[wp:Prenasalized_consonant|prenasalized]], but primarily the plosives /p/, /t/ and /k/ can be analyzed as prenasalized,while most other instances could be easily analyzed as cases  of [[wp:Syllabic_consonant|syllabic]] /n/ or /m/.
* '''mp''' /ᵐp~ᵐb/
:Example: '''mpaka''' /ˈᵐpa.ka/ - ''n'' - boundary / border / line
* '''nt''' /ⁿt~ⁿd/
:Example: '''ntama''' /ˈⁿta.ma/ - ''n'' - calf (a young cow or bull)
* '''nk''' /ᵑk~ᵑ/
:Example: '''nkapa''' /ˈᵑka.pa/ - ''n'' - alcohol / grog
== sentence structure ==
*
=== word order ===
*
=== verbs ===
*
=== nouns ===
*
==  compound sentences (subordinate clauses)==
*
== adjectives ==
*
== adverbs ==
*
== prepositions & conjunctions ==
=== prepositions ===
*
=== conjunctions ===
*
== relative clauses ==
*
== interjections ==
*
=== cursing ===
*
== numbers ==
=== cardinal numbers ===
*'''e'o''' - zero; null
*'''na'o''' - one
*'''ta'o''' - two
*'''ha'o''' - three
*'''ma'o''' - four
*'''ya'o''' - five
*'''tsa'o''' - six
*'''ka'o''' - seven
*'''pa'o''' - eight
*'''sa'o''' - nine
*'''ue'o''' - ten
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*'''nye'o''' - (one) hundred; 10<sup>2</sup>
*'''nya'o''' - five hundred
*'''tle'o''' - (one) thousand; 10<sup>3</sup>
*'''mue'o''' - ten thousand; 10<sup>4</sup>
*'''kye'o''' - (one) hundred thousand; 10<sup>5</sup>
*'''nte'o''' - (one) million; 10<sup>6</sup>
*'''hue'o''' - (one) billion; 10<sup>9</sup>
=== higher numbers ===
* '''uena'o''' - eleven / 11
* '''taue'o''' - twenty / 20
* '''nyeka'o''' - one hundred seven / 107
* '''hanyetauetsa'o''' (''long form'') | '''hatatsa'o''' (''short form'') - three hundred twenty six / 326
* '''tsatletauema'o''' - six thousand and twenty four / 6024
== expressions of time ==
* Tense markers are often replaced by time expressions. Here are a few of the more common ones:
* '''iyoma''' - today
* '''iyohua''' - tonight
* '''yomaye''' - yesterday
* '''yomatli''' - tomorrow
* '''yomua''' - morning
* '''puama''' - evening
* '''yomuatli''' - tomorrow morning
* '''yohuaye''' - last night
* '''sayo''' - month
* '''anyo''' - year
* '''anyotlipua''' - end of next year
* '''anyoye ue'o''' - ten years ago
* '''sayotli ta'o''' - in two months
== ordering of phrases ==
*
== causative constructions ==
*
== compounding ==
*
== creating nouns from verbs ==
*
== Index ==
{{Kala index}}
[[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:Kala]]

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