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.

Noun phrase

Nouns are inflected for number and case in three grammatical genders, correlating roughly to an animacy category. Adjectives follow the noun, and a locational preposition may precede it.