User:Masako/nkala

This is kata, a simple language with vocabulary based on the most widely spoken languages and an easily understood, mostly analytic grammar.

phonology

Kata has nine consonants (/p, t, k, s, m, n, l, j, w/) and five vowels (/a, e, i, o, u/). Stress is word final.

consonants

	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	p	t	k
Fricative		s
Approximant	w	l	j

vowels

Vowels	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a

word order

kata has a strict word order. The basic word order is subject–verb–object.

pronouns

kata has three basic pronouns; wa (first person), ni (second person), and ko (third person). These words do not indicate number or gender, but may be modified to do so if necessary. -lo marks all nouns as plural, and the gender modifiers are -ku (masculine), and -ki (feminine). In cases of singular distinction of gender, koku ("he"), or koki ("she") can be reduced to simply ku and ki.

lexicon

kata word	class	meaning	etymology
ki	pro	she; her	هي
ko	pro	it	هُوَ
ku	pro	he; him	هُوَ
ni	pro	you	你
wa	pro	I; me	我

references

• Language list