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'''Kala''' has three parts of speech, each with several subgroups. | |||
# '''noma''' - nouns | |||
# '''uati''' - verbs | |||
::: '''tatse''' - locative verbs (prepositions) | |||
# '''peya''' - particles | |||
::: '''nita''' - interjections | |||
::: '''eka''' - affixes | |||
= Phonology = | = Phonology = | ||
Revision as of 05:37, 1 October 2015
Introduction
Borrowing
Parts of Speech
Kala has three parts of speech, each with several subgroups.
- noma - nouns
- uati - verbs
- tatse - locative verbs (prepositions)
- peya - particles
- nita - interjections
- eka - affixes
Phonology
Consonants
- Nasals: /m n ɲ/
- Plosives: /p t k ʔ/
- Affricates: /t͡s t͡ɬ/
- Continuants: /s l h/
- Semivowels: /j w/
Allophones
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. | |||||
