User:Masako/pataka

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phonology

consonants

  • Nasals: /m n ɳ ŋ/ <m n ny nk>
  • Stops: /p~t k kʷ/ <t k kw>
  • Fricatives: /ɦ~h/ <h>
  • Approximants: /j w/ <y w>


  • Unvoiced stops > voiced when preceded by same consonant

vowels

  • /a e o aˑ eˑ oˑ/ <a e o á é ó>

nouns

cases

  • nkato /ŋaˈto/ - dog
  • NOM/ABS - - - nkato
  • ACC - -to - nkatoto /ŋaˈtodo/
  • GEN - -yo - nkatoyo /ŋaˈtojo/
  • DAT - -ho - nkatoho /ŋaˈtoho/
  • LOC - -mo - nkatomo /ŋaˈtomo/
  • INST - -wé - nkatowé /ŋaˈtoweˑ/

gender

  • tá- - masculine
  • yé- - feminine

number

  • ka- - plural
  • ná- - collective