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== Consonants == | == Consonants == | ||
* '''Nasals''': /m n ɲ/ | |||
* '''Plosives''': /p t k ʔ/ | |||
* '''Affricates''': /t͡s t͡ɬ/ | |||
* '''Continuants''': /s l h/ | |||
* '''Semivowels''': /j w/ | |||
=== Anglophones === | |||
Because of its small phoneme inventory, '''Kala''' allows for quite a lot of allophonic variation. For example, /p t k/ may be pronounced [b d ɡ] as well as [p t k], /s/ as [z] or [ʃ] as well as [s], /l/ as [ɾ] as well as [l], /t͡s/ as [dz] or [t͡ʃ] as well as [t͡s], /t͡ɬ/ as [tl] as well as [t͡ɬ] and vowels may be either long or short. | |||
== Vowels == | == Vowels == | ||
Revision as of 04:26, 1 October 2015
Introduction
Borrowing
Word Classes
Phonology
Consonants
- Nasals: /m n ɲ/
- Plosives: /p t k ʔ/
- Affricates: /t͡s t͡ɬ/
- Continuants: /s l h/
- Semivowels: /j w/
Anglophones
Because of its small phoneme inventory, Kala allows for quite a lot of allophonic variation. For example, /p t k/ may be pronounced [b d ɡ] as well as [p t k], /s/ as [z] or [ʃ] as well as [s], /l/ as [ɾ] as well as [l], /t͡s/ as [dz] or [t͡ʃ] as well as [t͡s], /t͡ɬ/ as [tl] as well as [t͡ɬ] and vowels may be either long or short.
Vowels
Morphology
Nouns
Verbs
Syntax
| Sentence | na nyoma ina | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Words | na | nyoma | ina | |||
| Gloss | I | (AG) | rice | (P) | eat | (pres) |
| Parts | Agent | Patient | Verb | |||
| Translation | I eat rice. | |||||
