User:Masako/pataka

Introduction

Parts of Speech

Kala has three parts of speech, each with several subgroups.

1. noma - nouns
2. uati - verbs
   1. tatse - locative verbs (prepositions)
3. peya - particles
   1. nita - interjections
   2. eka - affixes

Phonology

Consonants

• Nasals: /m n ɲ/
• Plosives: /p t k ʔ/
• Affricates: /t͡s t͡ɬ/
• Continuants: /s l h/
• Semivowels: /j w/

Prenasalization

• Plosives: /ᵐp ⁿt ᵑk/

Allophones

Because of its small phoneme inventory, Kala allows for quite a lot of allophonic variation. For example, /p t k/ may be pronounced [b d ɡ] as well as [p t k], /s/ as [z] or [ʃ] as well as [s], /l/ as [ɾ] as well as [l], /t͡s/ as [dz] or [t͡ʃ] as well as [t͡s], /t͡ɬ/ as [tl] as well as [t͡ɬ] and vowels may be either long or short.

Syntax

Sentence	na nyoma ina
Words	na		nyoma		ina
Gloss	I	(AG)	rice	(P)	eat	(pres)
Parts	Agent		Patient		Verb
Translation	I eat rice.