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* '''Plosives''': /p t k ʔ/ [b d g ɢ] | * '''Plosives''': /p t k ʔ/ [b d g ɢ] | ||
* '''Nasals''': /m n ɲ/ | * '''Nasals''': /m n ɲ/ | ||
* '''Continuants''': /s l h/ [ʃ ɦ] | * '''Continuants''': /s l h/ [ʃ ɾ ɦ] | ||
* '''Affricates''': /t͡s t͡ɬ/ [t͡ʃ t͡l] | * '''Affricates''': /t͡s t͡ɬ/ [t͡ʃ t͡l] | ||
* '''Semivowels''': /j w/ | * '''Semivowels''': /j w/ | ||
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* '''Palatalized''': /pʲ kʲ mʲ hʲ/ | * '''Palatalized''': /pʲ kʲ mʲ hʲ/ | ||
<small>Note: 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] | <small>Note: 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 l h/ as [ʃ ɾ ɦ], and /t͡s t͡ɬ/ as [t͡ʃ t͡l]; also, vowels may be either long or short.</small> | ||
== Vowels == | == Vowels == | ||
Revision as of 03:30, 3 October 2015
Introduction
Borrowing
Parts of Speech
Kala has three parts of speech, each with several subgroups.
- noma - nouns
- nkalo - pronouns
- uati - verbs
- tatse - locative verbs (prepositions)
- peya - particles
- nita - interjections
- eka - affixes
Phonology
Consonants
- Plosives: /p t k ʔ/ [b d g ɢ]
- Nasals: /m n ɲ/
- Continuants: /s l h/ [ʃ ɾ ɦ]
- Affricates: /t͡s t͡ɬ/ [t͡ʃ t͡l]
- Semivowels: /j w/
- Prenasalized: /ᵐp ⁿt ᵑk/
- Labialized:/pʷ kʷ mʷ nʷ ʃʷ hʷ t͡ʃʷ/
- Palatalized: /pʲ kʲ mʲ hʲ/
Note: 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 l h/ as [ʃ ɾ ɦ], and /t͡s t͡ɬ/ as [t͡ʃ t͡l]; also, vowels may be either long or short.
Vowels
Morphology
Nouns
Verbs
Particles
Syntax
| Sentence | na nyoma ina | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Words | na | nyoma | ina | |||
| Gloss | I | (AG) | rice | (P) | eat | (pres) |
| Parts | Agent | Patient | Verb | |||
| Translation | I eat rice. | |||||
