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* boy / son - '''ota'i''' | * boy / son - '''ota'i''' | ||
* girl / daughter - '''ona'i''' | * girl / daughter - '''ona'i''' | ||
=== verbs === | |||
* exchange / trade - '''omo''' | |||
* regulate - '''naho''' | |||
* locate / place '''yemo''' | |||
* whistle - '''metla''' | |||
* kill / murder - '''mata''' | |||
* expel / excrete / shit - '''kuna''' | |||
* count / number - '''ko'o''' | |||
* greet / welcome - '''kita''' | |||
* bite / chew - '''kipa''' | |||
* bleed - '''ketla''' | |||
* lead / command - '''kana''' | |||
* speak / talk / say - '''kala''' | |||
* love - '''itsa''' | |||
* eat / consume - '''ina''' | |||
* fly / hover - '''ila''' | |||
* be born / birth - '''ala''' | |||
* be / exist - '''a''' | |||
== Examples == | == Examples == |
Revision as of 18:18, 25 April 2009
- Kala is meant to be a simple, euphonic personal conlang.
- Many lexical entries are inspired and/or influenced by any number of natlangs
Phonology
consonants
- Plosives
- p - [p~b] | t - [t~d] | k - [k~g] | ' - [?]
- Nasals
- m - [m] | n - [n] | ny - [J]
- Fricatives
- s - [s~S] | ts - [ts~tS] | h - [h~h\]
- Approximants
- u - [u] | y - [j]
- Laterals
- l - [l] | tl - [tK]
vowels
- a - /a~a:/
- e - /e~e:/
- i - /i~i:/
- o - /o~o:/
- u - /u~u:/
diphthongs
- ua - /wa:/
- ue - /we:/
syllable structure
- (C)V(k, m, n)
Grammar
plurals
- To make a noun plural, add -m to the end.
- Example : kono - stone | konom - stones
- Adjectives do not change when they are plural. However, when an adjective is used in place of a noun, it can be pluralized.
- Example : nyeli - pink | nyelim - (the) pink (ones)
gender
- In general, nouns do not indicate their gender. To distinguish the sexes, one can use the adjectival endings -ta and -na.
- Example : nikata "a male dog", nikana "a female dog".
Lexicon
numbers
- zero / nothing / 0 - e'o
- one / 1 - na'o
- two / 2 - ta'o
- three / 3 - ha'o
- four / 4 - ma'o
- five / 5 - ya'o
- six / 6 - tsa'o
- seven / 7 - ka'o
- eight / 8 - pa'o
- nine / 9 - sa'o
- ten / 10 - ue'o
- hundred / 100 - nye'o
- thousand / 1000 - tle'o
higher numbers
- eleven / 11 - uesa'o
- twenty / 20 - taue'o
- one hundred one / 101 - nyena'o
- three hundred twenty five / 325 - hanyetaueya'o (long form) | hataya'o (short form)
- six thousand and twenty / 6020 - tsatletaue'o
family
- family / kin - tlika
- parent - onata
- grandparent - onataha
- spouse - tlanata
- sibling - uanata
- child - inata
- father / uncle - ota
- mother / aunt - ona
- man / husband - tla'ota
- woman / husband - tla'ona
- grandfather - otaha
- grandmother - onaha
- brother / cousin - otaua
- sister / cousin - onaua
- boy / son - ota'i
- girl / daughter - ona'i
verbs
- exchange / trade - omo
- regulate - naho
- locate / place yemo
- whistle - metla
- kill / murder - mata
- expel / excrete / shit - kuna
- count / number - ko'o
- greet / welcome - kita
- bite / chew - kipa
- bleed - ketla
- lead / command - kana
- speak / talk / say - kala
- love - itsa
- eat / consume - ina
- fly / hover - ila
- be born / birth - ala
- be / exist - a
Examples
- mo ta yala ka
- place/locale 2sg go/walk/travel INT-part
- Where are you going?
- nam tsala inaye
- 1pl sauce/paste eat-PAST
- We ate the sauce.