User:Masako/nkala

Word order

• SOV
• Attributes follow the words that they modify.

Phonology

Syllable structure is (C)V

Consonants

• /p t k m n s l w j/

p t k m n s l w y

Vowels

• /a i u a: i: u:/

a i u á í ú

Nouns

Pronouns

	singular	dual	plural
1	wa-	pwa-	kwa-
2	ni-	(m)pi-	(n)ki-
3	u-	pu-	ku-

Verbs

Tense

• Verbs are either non-past or past.

• wa-kwit-a

1sg-eat-NPST

I eat. / I am eating. / I will eat.

• wa-kwit-i

1sg-eat-PST

I ate.