Kawa

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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


Introduction

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 (hʷ)1
Approximants w j ʍ

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

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources