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== vowels ==
== vowels ==


Kala has five vowels /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/ and /u/.
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![[WP:Front vowel|Front]]
![[WP:Central vowel|Central]]
![[WP:Back vowel|Back]]
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![[WP:Close vowel|Close]]
|'''i''' || || '''u'''
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|'''e''' || || '''o'''
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Kala has five vowels {{IPA|/i/}}, {{IPA|/e/}}, {{IPA|/a/}}, {{IPA|/o/}} and {{IPA|/u/}}.  Each occurs in both stressed and unstressed syllables.


=== diphthongs ===
=== diphthongs ===

Revision as of 07:32, 22 August 2015

nahoki

phonology

vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

Kala has five vowels /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/ and /u/. Each occurs in both stressed and unstressed syllables.

diphthongs

Both of the falling diphthongs, ai [a͜ɪ] and ao [a͜ʊ], as well as uai [ʷ~wa͜ɪ] and yao [ʲ~ja͜ʊ] only occur word finally, and very infrequently.

consonants

Where "~" appears, it indicates free variation between phonemes.

  • Nasals: m – /m/, n – /n/, ny – /ɲ/
  • Plosives: p – /p~b/, t – /t~d/, k – /k~g/, /ʔ/
  • Affricates: ts – /t͡s~t͡ʃ/, tl – /t͡l~ t͡ɬ/
  • Continuants: s – /s~ʃ/, h – /h~ɦ/, l – /l~r/
  • Semivowels: u – /w/, y – /j/

labialization

Labialized consonants: /pʷ/, /kʷ/, /mʷ/, /nʷ/, /sʷ/, /hʷ/, /t͡ʃʷ/

nasalization

palatalization

Palatalized consonants: /pʲ/, /kʲ/, /mʲ/, /hʲ/

stress

word order

SOV...but emphasis on first

root words

suffixes

dependent suffixes

nominal

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multifunction

independent suffixes

particles

object

vocative

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nouns

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quantity

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pronouns

subject/object pronoun constructions

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mood

negative

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should/ought to

able to/can

questions

yes/no

locative verbs

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number & counting