User:Masako/Kalo

phonology

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

consonants

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

vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a

diphthongs

There are two diphthongs [ai̯] ai, and [au̯] au. These are rare and typically only occur word-finally.

syllable structure

All syllables are of the form (C)V(N), that is, optional consonant + vowel + optional final nasal, or V, CV, VN, CVN.

syntax

Classical Arabic is primarily VSO, but MSA (Modern Standard Arabic) tends to be SVO, favoring full agreement over partial.

Chinese is classified as an SVO language. Transitive verbs precede their objects in typical simple clauses, while the subject precedes the verb.

Spanish unmarked word order for affirmative declarative sentences is SVO; however, as in other Romance languages, in practice, word order is mostly variable.

English word order is almost exclusively SVO.

Hindi is primarily an SOV language.

Based on the above information about the main source languages for Kalo, it is primarily an SVO (subject-verb-object) language. Modifiers generally follow what they modify, as do prepositional phrases and subordinate clauses.

• wa toma - 1S consume - I eat. (SV)

• wa amo ko - 1S love 3S - I love her. (SVO)

• o pan toma - DO food consume - The bread is eaten. (OV)

nouns

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pronouns

• wa - I; me [1sg] - (ZHO) 我
• ni - you [2sg] - (ZHO) 你
• ko - he; she [3sg] - (ZHO) 個

possession

• Possession is shown with the suffix -yo - have; possess - (ZHO) 有
• Plurality is marked with the particle lo - a pile - (ZHO) 摞

• kasa lo koyo

house PL 3sg-POSS

His homes

• kasa wayo lo

house 1sg-POSS PL

Our home