Kala

The Kala conlang...

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• lexicon
  • thematic lexicon
• phrases
• syllables
• word formation
• writing

Introduction

Word Order

Comparisons

When things being compared have equal characteristics, the comparison of equality is used.

• mita kue tahi taha - dog like boy big - The dog is as big as the boy.
• mpa'a kue mosa niha - movie like book nice - The movie is as good as the book.

If two things are not equal, they are unequal.

• nanku ke manyo itlok - 1pl.RECP O height same-NEG - We are not the same height.
• ta kue na manyoha - 2sg like 1sg height-AUG - You are taller than I.

• ke no ta'o poku itlok - O thing two cost same-NEG - The two items do not cost the same.
• potonyo kue ninka mpahaka - photo-tool as television expensive-AUG - The camera is more expensive than the television.

Parts of Speech

Kala has three parts of speech, each with several subgroups. Nouns and verbs are substantive, while particles tend to be only functional.

1. noma - nouns
   1. nkalo - personal pronouns
   2. uatse - demonstratives
2. uati - verbs
   1. pusa - adverbials
   2. tatse - locative verbs (prepositions)
   3. keyo - descriptive verbs (adjectives)
3. peya - particles
   1. nita - interjections
   2. eka - affixes

Morphology

Particles

Conjunctions

• ma - and; also; too; as well
• ehe (me) - but; yet; however
• ua - or; either
• ue - either X or Y
• uenke (uek) - neither X nor Y
• yatli - therefore; if X then Y
• yema - both X and Y