Kala

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  • Kala is meant to be a simple, euphonic personal conlang.
  • Many lexical entries are inspired and/or influenced by any number of natlangs

Phonology

consonants

  • Plosives
p - [p~b] | t - [t~d] | k - [k~g] | ' - [?]
  • Nasals
m - [m] | n - [n] | ny - [J]
  • Fricatives
s - [s~S] | ts - [ts~tS] | h - [h~h\]
  • Approximants
u - [u] | y - [j]
  • Laterals
l - [l] | tl - [tK]

vowels

  • a - /a~a:/
  • e - /e~e:/
  • i - /i~i:/
  • o - /o~o:/
  • u - /u~u:/

diphthongs

  • ua - /wa:/
  • ue - /we:/

syllable structure

  • (C)V(k, m, n)

Grammar

Lexicon

numbers

  • zero / nothing / 0 - e'o
  • one / 1 - na'o
  • two / 2 - ta'o
  • three / 3 - ha'o
  • four / 4 - ma'o
  • five / 5 - ya'o
  • six / 6 - tsa'o
  • seven / 7 - ka'o
  • eight / 8 - pa'o
  • nine / 9 - sa'o
  • ten / 10 - ue'o
  • hundred / 100 - nye'o
  • thousand / 1000 - tle'o

higher numbers

  • eleven / 11 - uesa'o
  • twenty / 20 - taue'o
  • one hundred one / 101 - nyena'o
  • three hundred twenty five / 325 - hanyetaueya'o (long form) | hataya'o (short form)
  • six thousand and twenty / 6020 - tsatletaue'o

Examples