Meoka

Phonology

Sounds

Romanization	IPA	Glyph
a	a	?
aa	a:	?
b	b	?
c	ɨ	?
cc	ɨ:	?
d	d	?
e	e	?
ee	e:	?
f	f	?
g	g	?
h	h, ç	?
i	i	?
ii	i:	?
y	j	?
j	ʒ	?
k	k	?
l	l	?
ll	ɬ	?
m	m	?
n	n	?
nn	ŋ	?
o	o	?
oo	o:	?
p	p	?
q	q	?
s	s	?
ss	ʃ	?
t	t	?
u	u	?
uu	u:	?
w	w	?
v	v	?
z	z	?
'	ʔ	?

Stress

Stress defaults to the first syllable of a word. Occasionally, a word with a modifying prefix will retain its stress on the first syllable of the root word, but words thought of as individual words will stress the first syllable, even when that is a prefix.

Intonation

The long vowels in Meoka are normally pronounced with a falling tone. In some contexts, such as a formal speech, in poetry, or in music, the long vowel may rise, or simply be held steady, but in everyday usage, it is only slightly longer than a short vowel, and falls in tone.

Phonotactics

Allowable initial consonant clusters

dj tss

dz ts

kll

s + voiceless stop

Diphthongs

diphthongs occur in nearly all incidences of i or u adjacent to another vowel. Otherwise, the vowels are pronounced as separate syllables. In Meoka's script, the i and u glyphs are modified with a dot to indicate they are acting as a glide.

Syntax

Constituent order

Meoka is an inflecting nominative–accusative language. Word order is relatively flexible, although the verb often comes first or last in a phrase. Some conjunctions require the verb of one phrase to precede it and the verb of another phrase to follow it.