Kohi [GTA]
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Kohi
kohi [ˈko.çi]
Kohikohi [ˈko.çi]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kohi
Basic information of Kohi:
Grammar
Phonotactics
*ŋ is realized as nasalization of the proceeding vowel in all places except word finally. Word finally it is realized as nasalization of the vowel, plus /ŋ/
- The word order is oSOV
- Left branching
- No genitive form of nouns, a genitive pronoun is used instead
- Nouns don't decline to case, but determiners do
- No tense on most verbs, tense shown instead using auxiliary verbs
- Dedicated negative form of verbs
- Dedicated reflexive/reciprocal form of verbs
- Syllable structure is (C)(i,u)V(ŋ)*
- A long vowel or a diphthong cannot exist with a coda
*ŋ is realized as nasalization of the proceeding vowel in all places except word finally. Word finally it is realized as nasalization of the vowel, plus /ŋ/
Sample of Kohi[view] Sen iinyan ye farosa yo saami. Se iinyan ye saami yo farosa.
It's not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.[view all texts]
It's not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.[view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m mʲ | n | ɲ | [ŋ]1 | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʲ | b bʲ | t | d | k kʲ | g gʲ | [ʔ]2 | |||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | [β]3 | s | (z) | ɕ | [ç]4 | [ɣ]5 | [ʁ]6 | h | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ɕ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ɹ | j | [w]7 | |||||||||||||
- word finally, allophone of /n/
- intervocally, allophone of /k/
- Intervocally, before a front vowel, allophone of /b/
- Before a front vowel or /j/, allophone of /h/
- allophone of /g/
- before a back vowel, allophone of /ɣ/
- Intervocally, before a back vowel, allophone of /b/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: ĩ | u u: ũ | ||
| Close-mid | e ẽ | o õ | ||
| Open | a a: ã | |||
| Polyphthongs | ae | oʊ | ao | eɪ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kohi. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KohiOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa A /a/ | Bb/b/, [β]1, [w]2 | BY by Byara /bʲ/ | Cc Ci /t͡s/ | CH ch Chi /t͡ɕ/ | Dd Da /d/ | Ee/e/ | Ff Fa /ɸ/ | Gg/g/, [ɣ], [ʁ]3 | GY gy Gyara /gʲ/ |
| Hh Ha /h/, [ç]4 | Ii I /i/ | Kk Ka /k/, [ʔ]5 | KY ky Kyara /kʲ/ | Ll Le /l/ | Mm Ma /m/ | MY my Myama /mʲ/ | Nn Na /n/, [ŋ]6 | NY ny Nyana /ɲ/ | Oo O /o/ |
| Pp Pa /p/ | PY py Pyara /pʲ/ | Rr Re /ɹ/ | Ss Sa /s/ | SH sh Sha /ɕ/ | Tt Ta /t/ | Uu U /u/ | Ww We /w/, [β]7 | Yy Ye /j/ | Zz Zata /z/8 |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- Intervocally, before a front vowel
- Intervocally, before a back vowel
- before a back vowel
- Before a front vowel or /j/
- intervocally
- word finally
- Before front vowels
- loan words only
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