Toki Ike

Toki Ike /to˦ki˧ i˦˥˨ke˩˧/ is a language with minimalistic consonants, vowels and phonotactics but with 10 possible tones on each syllable. It is a parody of Toki Pona.

tō = to speak, -ki = nominalizer

Phonology

Phonotactics

Toki Ike differs from Toki Pona phonotactics slightly in that CVn syllables are disallowed, but hiatus and /ti/ are allowed. (/ji/, /wu/ and /wo/ are still disallowed.)

Consonants

/k t n p m j r l w s/, hiatus allowed

Vowels

/i e a o u/

Tone

Toki Ike syllables have 10 possible tones: /˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ˧˩ ˦˥˨ ˥˦ ˧˥ ˩˧/, romanized ⟨ā̄ ā a a̱ a̱̱ a̖ a̰ ȧ á a̗⟩.