User:Masako/pataka

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

pronouns

	NOM	ACC	GEN	DAT	LOC
1s	wa-	áwa-	wayo	waha	wamá
2s	ne-	áne-	neyo	neha	nemá
3s	o-	áho-	oyo	oha	omá
1s	kwa-	ákwa-	kwayo	kwaha	kwamá
2s	nke-	ánke-	nkeyo	nkeha	nkemá
3s	ko-	áko-	koyo	koha	komá