Ko

Ko is a Wiebic language inspired by Irish and Chinese. It's a monosyllabic tonal language with palatalized consonants and initial consonant mutations.

Phonology

Initials

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		Dental		Alveolar		Velar		Laryngeal
		broad	slender	broad	slender	broad	slender	slender	broad
Nasal	voiceless	ʰmˠ	ʰmʲ	ʰn̪ˠ			ʰnʲ	(ʰɲ)	(ʰŋ)
	voiced	mˠ	mʲ	n̪ˠ			nʲ	ɲ	ŋ
Stop /Affricate	plain	pˠ	pʲ	t̪ˠ			tʲ	c	k	ʔ
	tense	pˠ˭	pʲ˭	t̪ˠ˭			tʲ˭	c˭	k˭
	voiced	bˠ	bʲ	d̪ˠ			dʲ	ɟ	g
Fricative	voiceless	fˠ	fʲ	θˠ	θʲ	sˠ	sʲ	ç	x	h
	voiced	vˠ	vʲ	ðˠ	ðʲ	zˠ	zʲ	j	ɣ
Trill	voiceless					ʰrˠ	ʰrʲ
	voiced					rˠ	rʲ
Approximant	voiceless			ʰl̪ˠ			ʰlʲ
	voiced			l̪ˠ			lʲ

Vowels

/a i o u aː eː iː oː uː iə uə/ a/ea i/oi/ui o u á/eá é í/aoi ó/eo ú/iú ia ua

Finals

/p t k m n ŋ r j w/ ⟨b d g m n l r dh/igh bh⟩

Tones

Rising, mid, falling (á, à/unmarked, â)

Short vowels are toneless. (cf. "entering tone" in Middle Chinese)

Morphology

Masculine definite mutations
	Singular	Plural
Def. nom.	h-prothesis	lenition
Def. acc.	eclipsis	h-prothesis
Def. gen.	lenition	eclipsis

Feminine definite mutations
	Singular	Plural
Def. nom.	lenition	eclipsis
Def. acc.	h-prothesis	lenition
Def. gen.	eclipsis	h-prothesis

Neuter definite mutations
	Singular	Plural
Def. nom.	eclipsis	h-prothesis
Def. acc.	lenition	eclipsis
Def. gen.	h-prothesis	lenition

gaoi 'tree' - masculine
	Singular	Plural
Def. nom.	an gaoi	na ghaoi
Def. acc.	an ngaoi	na gaoi
Def. gen.	an ghaoi	na ngaoi

crùaigh 'thought' - feminine
	Singular	Plural
Def. nom.	an chrùaigh	na gcrùaigh
Def. acc.	an crùaigh	na chrùaigh
Def. gen.	an gcrùaigh	na crùaigh

trú 'book' - neuter
	Singular	Plural
Def. nom.	an dtrú	na trú
Def. acc.	an thrú	na dtrú
Def. gen.	an trú	na thrú