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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.