Kala/syllables

kiso

• The 86 basic syllables, called kiso. The majority of Kala lexical entries are made up of two of these syllables. In Kala phonotactics the kiso syllables are analyzed as "(C)V".

pa /paː/	pe	pi	po	pu	pua /pʷaː/	pue	pya /pʲaː/	pye	pyo
ta	te	ti	to	-	-	-	-	-	-
ka	ke	ki	ko	ku	kua	kue	kya	kye	kyo
ma	me	mi	mo	mu	mua	mue	mya	mye	myo
na	ne	ni	no	nu	nua	nue	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	nya /ɲaː/	nye	nyo
sa	se	si	so	su	sua	sue	-	-	-
ha	he	hi	ho	hu	hua	hue	hya	hye	hyo
tsa	tse	tsi	tso	tsu	tsua	tsue	-	-	-
tla	tle	tli	tlo	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	ua	ue	-	-	-
la	le	li	lo	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ya	ye	yo
a	e	i	o	u	-	-	-	-	-

prenasalized

mpa	mpe	mpi	mpo	mpu
nta	nte	nti	nto	-
nka	nke	nki	nko	nku

diphthonged

• These syllables, called musatao only occur word finally and are used to modify nouns and verbs in order to convey nuance of meaning. Very few of Kala lexical entries include these syllables. In Kala phonotactics the musatao syllables are analyzed as "(C)D".

pai	pao	puai	pyao
tai	tao	-	-
kai	kao	kuai	kyao
mai	mao	muai	myao
nai	nao	nuai	nyao
sai	sao	suai	-
hai	hao	huai	hyao
tsai	tsao	tsuai	-
tlai	tlao	-	-
lai	lao	-	-
ai	ao	uai	yao

final codas

• The three codas are /k/, /m/, and /n/; these only occur as a final codas to negate, pluralize or adverbialize verbs and nouns, respectively.

k

m

n

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