Nesītōke-Kejsakaro

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Nesītōke-Kejsakaro (for short Nesītōke) is a Category:Tokiponidos. The premise is to realistically evolve a language from Toki Pona as a base.

Nesītōke-Kejsakaro
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Phonology

Nesītōke's phonetic inventory has not expanded that much from Toki Pona (Tōpina as it is called in Nesītōke), mainly getting more complex in its phonotactics.

Consonants

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Labial Coronal Dorsal
Nasal m n
Plosive p t k
Fricative f s
Liquid w r j
  • The two fricatives, /f/ and /s/, vary in voicing and in some contexts are [v] and [z].
  • The rhotic, /r/, is a flap [ɾ], or in some dialects a lateral approximant [l].

Vowels

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Close i (i:) u (u:)
Mid e (e:) o (o:)
Open a (a:)
  • Long vowels are sometimes analyzed as sequences of two of the same vowel. However, since sequences of two vowels usually denote two distinct syllables, this is debated.