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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.  
 
==Phonology==
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==Phonology==
===Orthography===
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Kawa uses the Latin script with 2 additional letters: ⟨Ŋŋ⟩, ⟨Ƿƿ⟩
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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|+ Kawa Alphabet
|-
! Letter
| Aa
| Bb
| Dd
| Ee
| Ff
| Gg
| Hh
| Ii
| Jj
| Kk
| Mm
| Nn
| Ŋŋ
| Oo
| Pp
| Qq
| Ss
| Tt
| Uu
| Vv
| Ww
| Ƿƿ
| Zz
|-
! IPA
| /a/
| /b/
| /tʷ/
| /e/
| /f/
| /g/
| /h/
| /i/
| /j/
| /k/
| /m/
| /n/
| /ŋ/
| /o/
| /p/
| /kʷ/
| /s/
| /t/
| /u/
| /v/
| /w/
| /ʍ/
| /sʷ/
|-
! Name
| /am/
| /ba/
| /tʷa/
| /em/
| /fa/
| /ga/
| /ha/
| /im/
| /ja/
| /ka/
| /ma/
| /na/
| /ŋa/
| /om/
| /pa/
| /kʷa/
| /sa/
| /ta/
| /um/
| /va/
| /wa/
| /ʍa/
| /sʷa/
|}


Vowel inventory
Consonant inventory
Syllable structure
Stress
Intonation
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===Consonants===
===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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| f v
| f v
| s sʷ
| s sʷ
| h (hʷ)<sup>1</sup>
| h
|-
|-
! Approximants
! Approximants
| w
| w
| j
| j
| ʍ
| ʍ<sup>1</sup>
|}
|}


Notes:
Notes:
# During allophonic realisation, /w/ is affected by /ʍ/, however, in the writing system, it is seen as the soft version of /h/
# During allophonic realisation, /w/ is affected by /ʍ/, however, in the writing system, it is seen and analysed as the soft version of /h/


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
===Orthography===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 250px"
|+ Vowel Phonemes
|-
!
! Front
! Back
|-
! Close
| i
| u
|-
! Mid
| e
| o
|-
! Open
| colspan="2" |a
|}
 
===Phonotactics===
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/<sup>2</sup>, /mb/
# [+nasal] > [-voice] /_ʍ
# A speaker may realise /nj/ as /ɲ/ (nj > ɲ)
 
'''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'''


===Prosody===
/m/, /ŋ/, /b/, /g/, /t/, /f/, /v/, /s/
====Stress====
====Intonation====


===Phonotactics===
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===Morphophonology===
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===Nouns===
Nouns are inflected for case.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Noun Cases
|-
!
! Nominative/Accusative
! Genitive
! Dative
|-
! -C
| -o
| -i
| -a
|-
! -V
| -mo
| -mi
| -ma
|}


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Nouns
===Pronouns===
Adjectives
Pronouns are inflected for Case, Person, and derogatress.
Verbs
Adverbs
Particles
Derivational morphology


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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Personal Pronouns
|-
!
! Nominative
! Accusative
! Dative
! Genitive
|-
! 1<sup>st</sup> Person Plain
| colspan="2" |imo
| imwa
| iŋi
|-
! 1<sup>st</sup> Person Derogatory
| imwo
| imƿo
| ima
| iŋwi
|-
! 2<sup>nd</sup> Person Plain
| colspan="2" |teo
| ta
| da
|-
! 2<sup>nd</sup> Person Derogatory
| dƿeo
| gweo
| dam
| diwi
|-
! 3<sup>rd</sup> Person Plain
| colspan="2" |sov
| sovia
| sovio
|-
! 3<sup>rd</sup> Person Derogatory
| zof
| zov
| zia
| zio
|-
|}
 
 
===Verbs===
Verbs are marked for tense and mood with a particle.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Verb Particles
|-
!
! Indicative
! Imperative
! Conditional
|-
! Present
| gaŋ
| rowspan="3" |qaŋ
| gagaŋ
|-
! Past
| goŋ
| gogoŋ
|-
! Future
| kam
| kakam
|}
 
===The Copula===
The copula, ⟨qe⟩ /kʷ/ in Kawa functions both as the verb "to be" and the verb "to have". It is the only verb that conjugates differently, it conjugates as following:
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ The Copula
|-
!
! Indicative
! Imperative
! Conditional
|-
! Present
| gaŋqe
| rowspan="3" |qeqe
| gaqegaŋ
|-
! Past
| goŋqe
| goqegoŋ
|-
! Future
| kamqe
| kaqekam
|}


==Syntax==
==Syntax==
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