Nesītōke-Kejsakaro (for short Nesītōke) is a tokiponido. The premise is to realistically evolve a language from Toki Pona as a base.
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
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| Nasal
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m |
n |
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| Plosive
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p |
t |
k
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| Fricative
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f |
s |
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| Liquid
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w |
r |
j
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- 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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Header text |
Header text
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| Close
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i (i:) |
u (u:)
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| Mid
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e (e:) |
o (o:)
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| Open
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a (a:)
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- 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.