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'''Kawa''' (/kawa/) is an artlang created by Tariselan. Kawa takes some minor inspiration from Māori, English, Spanish, French, and Mandarin. The language itself  
'''Kawa''' (/kawa/) is an artlang created by Tariselan. Kawa takes some minor inspiration from Māori, English, Spanish, French, and Mandarin. The language itself is created with the intent to be spoken between the creator and their partner. It was started around 12<sup>th</sup> of July 2022.
 
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===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
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Kawa follows a ''(C)<sup>2</sup>V(C)'' syllable structure.
'''Initial C'''
All consonants are allowed to be in initial position.
 
'''Initial C<sup>2</sup>'''
/kn/, /gn/, /st/, /stʷ/, /sk/, /skʷ/, /kʷʍ/, /tʷʍ/, /sʷʍ/, /Nw/, /Nʍ/<sup>1</sup>, /Nj/, /mb/
 
'''V'''
* /a/ is allowed after and befor all consonants
* /e/ is allowed after and befor all consonants
* /i/ isn't allowed before or after /j/
* /o/ is allowed after and befor all consonants
* /u/ isn't allowed before or after /w/
 
'''Final C'''
/m/, /ŋ/, /b/, /g/, /t/, /f/, /v/, /s/
 
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===Morphophonology===
==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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===Nouns===
 
Nouns are inflected for case.
Nouns
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Adjectives
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Verbs
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Derivational morphology
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! -C
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! -V
| -mo
| -mi
| -ma
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==Syntax==
==Syntax==

Revision as of 07:56, 26 July 2022

Kawa (/kawa/) is an artlang created by Tariselan. Kawa takes some minor inspiration from Māori, English, Spanish, French, and Mandarin. The language itself is created with the intent to be spoken between the creator and their partner. It was started around 12th of July 2022.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes
Labial Coronal Guttural
Nasal m n ŋ
Stops p b t tʷ k kʷ g
Fricatives f v s sʷ h
Approximants w j ʍ1

Notes:

  1. During allophonic realisation, /w/ is affected by /ʍ/, however, in the writing system, it is seen as the soft version of /h/

Vowels

Vowel Phonemes
Front Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

Orthography

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Kawa follows a (C)2V(C) syllable structure. Initial C All consonants are allowed to be in initial position.

Initial C2 /kn/, /gn/, /st/, /stʷ/, /sk/, /skʷ/, /kʷʍ/, /tʷʍ/, /sʷʍ/, /Nw/, /Nʍ/1, /Nj/, /mb/

V

  • /a/ is allowed after and befor all consonants
  • /e/ is allowed after and befor all consonants
  • /i/ isn't allowed before or after /j/
  • /o/ is allowed after and befor all consonants
  • /u/ isn't allowed before or after /w/

Final C /m/, /ŋ/, /b/, /g/, /t/, /f/, /v/, /s/

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns are inflected for case.

Noun Cases
Nominative/Accusative Genitive Dative
-C -o -i -a
-V -mo -mi -ma

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources