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===Orthography=== | |||
Kawa uses the Latin script with 2 additional letters: ⟨Ŋŋ⟩, ⟨Ƿƿ⟩ | |||
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|+ Kawa Alphabet | |||
|- | |||
! Letter | |||
| Aa | |||
| Bb | |||
| Dd | |||
| Ee | |||
| Ff | |||
| Gg | |||
| Hh | |||
| Ii | |||
| Jj | |||
| Kk | |||
| Mm | |||
| Nn | |||
| Ŋŋ | |||
| Oo | |||
| Pp | |||
| Qq | |||
| Ss | |||
| Tt | |||
| Uu | |||
| Vv | |||
| Ww | |||
| Ƿƿ | |||
| Zz | |||
|- | |||
! IPA | |||
| /a/ | |||
| /b/ | |||
| /tʷ/ | |||
| /e/ | |||
| /f/ | |||
| /g/ | |||
| /h/ | |||
| /i/ | |||
| /j/ | |||
| /k/ | |||
| /m/ | |||
| /n/ | |||
| /ŋ/ | |||
| /o/ | |||
| /p/ | |||
| /kʷ/ | |||
| /s/ | |||
| /t/ | |||
| /u/ | |||
| /v/ | |||
| /w/ | |||
| /ʍ/ | |||
| /sʷ/ | |||
|- | |||
! Name | |||
| /am/ | |||
| /ba/ | |||
| /tʷa/ | |||
| /em/ | |||
| /fa/ | |||
| /ga/ | |||
| /ha/ | |||
| /im/ | |||
| /ja/ | |||
| /ka/ | |||
| /ma/ | |||
| /na/ | |||
| /ŋa/ | |||
| /om/ | |||
| /pa/ | |||
| /kʷa/ | |||
| /sa/ | |||
| /ta/ | |||
| /um/ | |||
| /va/ | |||
| /wa/ | |||
| /ʍa/ | |||
| /sʷa/ | |||
|} | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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| colspan="2" |a | | colspan="2" |a | ||
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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
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'''Initial C<sup>2</sup>''' | '''Initial C<sup>2</sup>''' | ||
/kn/, /gn/, /st/, /stʷ/, /sk/, /skʷ/, /kʷʍ/, /tʷʍ/, /sʷʍ/, /Nw/, /Nʍ/<sup>1</sup>, /Nj/, /mb/ | /kn/, /gn/, /st/, /stʷ/, /sk/, /skʷ/, /kʷʍ/, /tʷʍ/, /sʷʍ/, /Nw/, /Nʍ/<sup>1</sup>, /Nj/<sup>2</sup>, /mb/ | ||
# [+nasal] > [-voice] /_ʍ | |||
# A speaker may realise /nj/ as /ɲ/ (nj > ɲ) | |||
'''V''' | '''V''' | ||
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/m/, /ŋ/, /b/, /g/, /t/, /f/, /v/, /s/ | /m/, /ŋ/, /b/, /g/, /t/, /f/, /v/, /s/ | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Verbs are marked for tense and mood with a particle | Verbs are marked for tense and mood with a particle. | ||
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===The Copula=== | ===The Copula=== | ||
The copula, | The copula, ⟨qe⟩ /kʷ/ in Kawa functions both as the verb "to be" and the verb "to have". It is the only verb that conjugates differently, it conjugates as following: | ||
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! Present | ! Present | ||
| gaŋqe | | gaŋqe | ||
| rowspan="3" |qeqe | | rowspan="3" |qeqe | ||
| gaqegaŋ | | gaqegaŋ | ||
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