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noun phrases
The basic noun phrase in Kala is PREPOSITION DETERMINER NOUN DESCRIPTIVE-VERB RELATIVE-CLAUSE. Depending on context, this is fairly predominant with a few exceptions
ukum
| Kala | number | English | ordinal | multiple | fractional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| na'o | 1 | one | kina'o first |
tina'o once |
- |
| ueta'o | 12 | twelve | kiueta'o twelfth |
tiueta'o twelve times |
iueta'o a twelfth |
| yauema'o yama'o |
54 | fifty four | kiyama'o fifty fourth |
tiyama'o 54 times |
iyama'o a fifty fourth |
| nyetsa'o | 106 | one hundred (and) six | kinyetsa'o 106th |
tinyetsa'o 106 times |
inyetsa'o a 106th |
| katle'o | 7000 | seven thousand | kikatle'o seven thousandth |
tikatle'o 7000 times |
ikatle'o 1/7000 |
floating
| Kala | meaning | example |
|---|---|---|
| ma | and; also | mita ina ma moku dog eat and sleep The dog eats and sleeps. |
| ua | or | mita ina ua moku dog eat or sleep The dog eats or sleeps. |
| ehe me |
but; yet | mita ina ma mokunke dog eat but sleep-NEG The dog eats but does not sleep. |
| yema | both X and Y |
correlative
- yema - both X and Y
- mita ina yema empa - dog eat both.X.and.Y run - The dog eats and runs.
- ue - either X or Y
- mita ina ue empa - dog eat either.X.or.Y run - The dog is either eating or running.
- uenke (uek) - neither X nor Y
- mita ina uenke empa - dog eat neither.X.nor.Y run - The dog is neither eating nor running.
nkalu
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m (m) | n (n) | ɲ (ny) | |||
| Plosive | p~b (p) | t~d (t) | k~g (g) | ʔ ( ' )1 | ||
| Affricate | ts~t͡ʃ (ts) | t͡ɬ~tl (tl) | ||||
| Continuant | s~ʃ (s) | l~ɾ (l) | h~ɦ (h) | |||
| Semivowel | j (y) | w (u) | ||||
