nahoki

phonology

vowels

Kala has five vowels /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/ and /u/.

diphthongs

Both of the falling diphthongs, ai [a͜ɪ] and ao [a͜ʊ], as well as uai [ʷ~wa͜ɪ] and yao [ʲ~ja͜ʊ] only occur word finally, and very infrequently.

consonants

labialization

nasalization

palatalization

stress

word order

SOV...but emphasis on first

root words

suffixes

dependent suffixes

nominal

verbal

derivational

multifunction

independent suffixes

particles

object

vocative

interrogative

nouns

plural

quantity

gender

pronouns

subject/object pronoun constructions

demonstratives

possessives

descriptive verbs

comparisons

superlatives

adverbs

verbs

tense

present

past

future

aspect

progressive

completed

mood

negative

commands & requests

should/ought to

able to/can

questions

yes/no

locative verbs

conjunctions

number & counting

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