Toki Ike
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Ike, natively tōki ḭke̱ /to˦ki˧ i˦˥˨ke˨/, is a Trician language with minimalistic consonants, vowels and phonotactics but with 10 tones. It is a parody of Toki Pona.
Phonology
Phonotactics
Toki Ike phonotactics is identical to that of Toki Pona. /n/ codas are treated as moraic nasals, as in Japanese.
Tone
Toki Ike morae 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 morae.
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Vocabulary
Take from
- English
- Tok Pisin
- Finnish
- Georgian
- Dutch
- Acadian French
- Esperanto
- Serbo-Croatian
- Mandarin
- Cantonese