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| = phonology =
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| == consonants ==
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| * '''''nasals''''': /m n ɲ/ '''m n ny'''
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| * '''''plosives''''': /p t k kʷ/ '''p t k kw'''
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| * '''''continuants''''': /s l/ '''s l'''
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| * '''''semivowels''''': /j w/ '''y w'''
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| All plosives, except the glottal stop, can be prenasalized: /ᵐp ⁿt ᵑk ᵑkʷ/.
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| == vowels ==
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| '''Kata''' has five vowels /i/, /u/, /e/, /o/ and /a/. Each occurs in both stressed and unstressed syllables.
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| == syllable structure ==
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| All syllables are of the form (C)V(N), that is, optional consonant + vowel + optional final nasal, or V, CV, VN, CVN. As in most languages, CV is the most common syllable type.
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| == phonotactics ==
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| = morphology =
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| '''Kata'''
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| = nouns =
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| == pronouns ==
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| '''Kata''' has the basic pronouns '''wa''' (''first person''), '''ni''' (''second person''), and '''o''' (''third person''). They do not specify number or gender. Thus, '''o''' can mean "he", "she", or "it". The general plural affix '''-lo''' is used to mark number.
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| ==== possession ====
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| == noun modifiers ==
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| * '''x''' - xx
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| === number ===
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| Nouns are marked for various quantities:
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| * '''-lo''' - general plural
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| = verbs =
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| !tense/mood !! particle !! example !! translation
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| | present || - || '''alo''' || walk
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| |past ||'''-le''' ||'''alole''' ||walked
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| |future ||'''sa''' ||'''sa alo''' ||will walk
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| |conditional ||'''-ya''' ||'''aloya''' || would walk
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| |}
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| == verb modifiers ==
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| * '''-le''' - past tense [PST]
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| = particles =
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| = syntax =
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| = lexicon =
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| = samples =
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| * '''wa wita ni''' - <small>1 see 2</small> - ''I see you.''
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