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{{SUBPAGENAME}} syllables have 10 possible tones: /˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ˧˩ ˦˥˨ ˦˥˦ ˧˥ ˩˧/, romanized {{angbr|'''ā̄ ā a a̱ a̱̱ a̖ a̰ ȧ á a̗'''}}. /˧/ is the least marked tone. | {{SUBPAGENAME}} syllables have 10 possible tones: /˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ˧˩ ˦˥˨ ˦˥˦ ˧˥ ˩˧/, romanized {{angbr|'''ā̄ ā a a̱ a̱̱ a̖ a̰ ȧ á a̗'''}}. /˧/ is the least marked tone. Only /˧ ˨/ tones may occur on non-word-initial syllables. | ||
== Grammar == | == Grammar == | ||
Revision as of 04:14, 12 May 2023
Ike, natively Toki Ike /to˦ki˧ i˦˥˨ke˨/, is a language with minimalistic consonants, vowels and phonotactics but with 10 tones. It is a parody of Toki Pona.
- tō = to speak
- -ki = nominalizer
- -si = honorific
Phonology
Phonotactics
Toki Ike phonotactics is identical to that of Toki Pona. /n/ codas are treated as syllabic nasals.
Tone
Toki Ike syllables have 10 possible tones: /˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ˧˩ ˦˥˨ ˦˥˦ ˧˥ ˩˧/, romanized ⟨ā̄ ā a a̱ a̱̱ a̖ a̰ ȧ á a̗⟩. /˧/ is the least marked tone. Only /˧ ˨/ tones may occur on non-word-initial syllables.
Grammar
Analytic
Vocabulary
Take from "English, Tok Pisin, Finnish, Georgian, Dutch, Acadian French, Esperanto, and Serbo-Croatian, with a few from Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese)"