Kala/syllables
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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 /peː/ |
pi /piː/ |
po /poː/ |
pu /puː/ |
pua /pʷaː/ |
pue /pʷeː/ |
pya /pʲaː/ |
pye /pʲeː/ |
pyo /pʲoː/ |
| ta /taː/ |
te /teː/ |
ti /tiː/ |
to /toː/ |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
| ka /kaː/ |
ke /keː/ |
ki /kiː/ |
ko /koː/ |
ku /kuː/ |
kua /kʷaː/ |
kue /kʷeː/ |
kya /kʲaː/ |
kye /kʲeː/ |
kyo /kʲoː/ |
| ma /maː/ |
me /meː/ |
mi /miː/ |
mo /moː/ |
mu /muː/ |
mua /mʷaː/ |
mue /mʷeː/ |
mya /mʲaː/ |
mye /mʲeː/ |
myo /mʲoː/ |
| na /naː/ |
ne /neː/ |
ni /niː/ |
no /noː/ |
nu /nuː/ |
nua /nʷaː/ |
nue /nʷeː/ |
- | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | nya /ɲaː/ |
nye /ɲeː/ |
nyo /ɲoː/ |
| sa /sa:/ |
se /se:/ |
si /si:/ |
so /so:/ |
su /su:/ |
sua /sʷa:/ |
sue /sʷe:/ |
- | - | - |
| ha /haː/ |
he /ɦeː/ |
hi /ɦiː/ |
ho /hoː/ |
hu /huː/ |
hua /hʷaː/ |
hue /ɦʷeː/ |
hya /hʲaː/ |
hye /ɦʲeː/ |
hyo /hʲoː/ |
| tsa /t͡sa:/ |
tse /t͡se:/ |
tsi /t͡si:/ |
tso /t͡so:/ |
tsu /t͡su:/ |
tsua /t͡sʷa:/ |
tsue /t͡sʷe:/ |
- | - | - |
| tla /t͡ɬa:/ |
tle /t͡ɬe:/ |
tli /t͡ɬi:/ |
tlo /t͡ɬo:/ |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | ua /wa:/ |
ue /we:/ |
- | - | - |
| la /la:/ |
le /le:/ |
li /li:/ |
lo /lo:/ |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ya /ja:/ |
ye /je:/ |
yo /jo:/ |
| a /a:/ |
e /e:/ |
i /i:/ |
o /o:/ |
u /u:/ |
- | - | - | - | - |
prenasalized
| mpa /ᵐpaː/ |
mpe /ᵐpeː/ |
mpi /ᵐpiː/ |
mpo /ᵐpoː/ |
mpu /ᵐpuː/ |
| nta /ⁿtaː/ |
nte /ⁿteː/ |
nti /ⁿtiː/ |
nto /ⁿtoː/ |
- |
| nka /ᵑkaː/ |
nke /ᵑkeː/ |
nki /ᵑkiː/ |
nko /ᵑkoː/ |
nku /ᵑkuː/ |
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 /paɪ/ |
pao /paʊ/ |
puai /pʷaɪ/ |
pyao /pʲaʊ/ |
| tai /taɪ/ |
tao /taʊ/ |
- | - |
| kai /kaɪ/ |
kao /kaʊ/ |
kuai /kʷaɪ/ |
kyao /kʲaʊ/ |
| 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 |
