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| A little side language called '''kamalo'''.
| | Quotes I like. |
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| = phonology = | | = Spock = |
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| == consonants ==
| | * Change is the essential process of life. |
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| * '''''nasals''''': /m n ɲ/ '''m n ny''' | | * The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. |
| * '''''plosives''''': /p t k kʷ ʔ/ '''p t k kw q'''
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| * '''''affricates''''': /t͡ɬ/ '''tl'''
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| * '''''continuants''''': /l h~ɦ/ '''l h'''
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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/.
| | * Insults are effective only where emotion is present. |
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| == vowels ==
| | * Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end. |
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| '''Kamalo''' only uses three vowels; /a e o/, occasionally they contrast for length. '''ā ē ō'''
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| == phonotactics ==
| | * We often fear what we do not understand. Our best defense is knowledge. |
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| * '''pa ta ka kwa ma na nya ha wa la tla ya''' | |
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| = morphology =
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| '''Kamalo''' is an agglutinative and polysynthetic language that makes extensive use of compounding, incorporation and derivation. That is, it can add many different prefixes and suffixes to a root until very long words are formed, and a single word can constitute an entire sentence.
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| == verbs ==
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| The '''kamalo''' verb is quite complex and inflects for many grammatical categories. The verb is composed of a root, prefixes, and suffixes. The prefixes indicate the person of the subject, and person and number of the object and indirect object, whereas the suffixes indicate tense, aspect, mood and possession.
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| * '''''wakoyemapotla'''''
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| : '''wa-ko-yem-ap-otl-a'''
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| : <small>1sg-3pl-eat-CAUS-DES-NPST</small>
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| : ''"I want to feed them"''
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| === verb modifiers ===
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| == nouns ==
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| === number ===
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| Nouns are marked for various quantities:
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| * '''pa-''' - dual; pair of; both [DU]
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| * '''ka-''' - plural [PL]
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| * '''te-''' - few; little [quantity]
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| * '''ma-''' - many; much
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| * '''mo-''' - group; collection; mass of
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| * '''mwa-''' - all; every
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| * '''no-''' - one; a
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| * '''yo-''' - piece of
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| === pronouns ===
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| ! ''singular''
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| ! ''dual''
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| ! ''plural''
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| ! 1
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| | '''wa-'''
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| | '''pwa-'''
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| | '''kwa-'''
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| ! 2
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| | '''ne-'''
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| | '''(m)pe-
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| | '''(n)ke-'''
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| ! 3
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| | '''(q)o-'''
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| | '''po-'''
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| | '''ko-'''
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| ==== possession ====
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| Possession is marked by the nominal suffix '''-o''' and a pronominal prefix attached to a stem.
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| * '''kwamalo''' - <small>1pl-speak-NOM</small> - ''our word''
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| * '''tlayemo''' - <small>MASC-eat-NOM</small> - ''his food''
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| * '''popato''' - <small>3du-be.aware-NOM</small> - ''their awareness''
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| * '''wanyako''' - <small>1s-burn-NOM</small> - ''my fire''
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| ==== pronominal prefixes ====
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| Verb arguments (i.e. subject, direct object, indirect object) are indicated with pronominal affixes which are added to verb stems. The pronominal affixes are inflected according to number (singular, dual, and plural) and person (1st, 2nd, etc.).
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| ! ''subject''
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| ! ''object''
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| ! ''verb''
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| ! ''tense / aspect / mood''
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| | '''ko-''' || '''wa-''' || '''kop''' || '''-e'''
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| | 3pl || 1sg || harm || PST
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| | colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | '''kowakope'''
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| | colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | ''They harmed me.''
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| = syntax =
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| = lexicon =
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| * '''kam-''' - symbol; write; mark
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| * '''kop-''' - harm; hurt; corrupt
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| * '''lom-''' - sleep; rest; relax
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| * '''mak-''' - want; desire; love
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| * '''mal-''' - speak; talk
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| * '''n-''' - know; see
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| * '''nay-''' - loud; noise; roar
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| * '''nyak-''' - fire; burn; light
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| * '''pat-''' - be awake; aware; focused
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| * '''t-''' - be; exist [COP]
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| * '''tlel-''' - bathe; wash
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| * '''wap-''' - rhythm; pulse; meter
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| * '''way-''' - go; move; walk
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| * '''y-''' - have; belong; get
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| * '''yam-''' - delight; happy; toy; glad
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| * '''yap-''' - be green; foliage; plant
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| * '''yat-''' - hand; five; grab
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| * '''yem-''' - eat; nourish; bread
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