Toki Ike

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.

Grammar

Analytic

Vocabulary

• mí 'who'
• mi̖ 'I, me'
• ja̰ṉ 'window'
• jȧn 'to yawn'
• ními̱ 'to take'
• mama 'mother'
• papa 'father'
• tu 'you'
• tu̇ 'fifteen'
• wa̱̱lo 'to give'
• wálo 'light'
• wa̗lo̱ 'eight'

Take from

• English
• Tok Pisin
• Finnish
• Georgian
• Dutch
• Acadian French
• Esperanto
• Serbo-Croatian
• Mandarin
• Cantonese