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| = Introduction =
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| '''Kalo''' is intended to be a minimalist [[wp:Artistic_language|artlang]], not an [[wp:International_auxiliary_language|auxlang]]. It draws primarily on vocabulary from the five most spoken languages in the world; [[wp:List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers|Mandarin, Spanish, English, and Arabic]] ('''Hindi''' is used sparingly although it is spoken by more speakers than Arabic). The grammar is mostly isolating with very few elements of inflection, mostly to show plurality or possession.
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| '''Kalo''' is NOT meant to mimic, replace, or be inspired by Toki Pona or any other [[wp:International_auxiliary_language|IAL]]. Any similarities are based on design aesthetic coincidences and the minimalist nature of the language.
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| = Phonology =
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| '''Kalo''' has nine consonants (/p, t, k, s, m, n, l, j, w/) and five vowels (/a, e, i, o, u/). Stress is mostly word final.
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| == Consonants ==
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| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 300px;"
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| ! Labial
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| ! Coronal
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| ! Dorsal
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| ! Nasal
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| | n
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| ! Plosive
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| ! Fricative
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| | s
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| ! Approximant
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| | w
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| | l
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| | j ('''y''')
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| == Vowels ==
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| ! !!Front!!Back
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| !Close
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| |i||u
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| !Mid
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| |e||o
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| !Open
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| | colspan="2" |a
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| === Diphthongs ===
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| There are two diphthongs [ai̯] '''ai''', and [au̯] '''au'''. These are rare and typically only occur word-finally.
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| == Syllable Structure ==
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| All syllables are of the form (C)V(N), that is, optional consonant + vowel + optional final nasal, or V, CV, VN, CVN.
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| == phonotactics ==
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| A few syllables sequences are disallowed; /ji, wu, wo/. Also, a syllable-final nasal may not occur before /m/ or /n/ in the same root.
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| == Syllables ==
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| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 400px;"
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| ! a || ka || sa || ta || na || pa || ma || ya || la || wa
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| ! i || ki || si || ti || ni || pi || mi || || li || wi
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| ! u || ku || su || tu || nu || pu || mu || yu || lu ||
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| ! e || ke || se || te || ne || pe || me || ye || le || we
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| ! o || ko || so || to || no || po || mo || yo || lo ||
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| == Allophony ==
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| The nasal at the end of a syllable can be pronounced as any nasal stop, though it is normally assimilated to the following consonant. That is, it typically occurs as an [n] before /t/ or /s/, as an [m] before /p/, as an [ŋ] before /k/, and as an [ɲ] before /j/. Because of its small phoneme inventory, '''Kalo''' allows for quite a lot of allophonic variation. For example, /p t k/ may be pronounced [b d ɡ] as well as [p t k], /s/ as [z] or [ʃ] as well as [s], /l/ as [ɾ] as well as [l], and vowels may be either long or short. Both its sound inventory and phonotactics (patterns of possible sound combinations) are found in the majority of human languages and are therefore readily accessible.
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| = Syntax =
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| [[wp:Classical_Arabic|Classical Arabic]] is primarily [[wp:Verb–subject–object|VSO]], but [[wp:Modern_Standard_Arabic|MSA]] (Modern Standard Arabic) tends to be [[wp:Subject–verb–object|SVO]], favoring full agreement over partial. [[wp:Chinese_grammar|Chinese]] is classified as an SVO language. Transitive verbs precede their objects in typical simple clauses, while the subject precedes the verb. [[wp:Spanish_grammar|Spanish]] unmarked word order for affirmative declarative sentences is SVO; however, as in other Romance languages, in practice, word order is mostly variable. [[wp:English_grammar|English]] word order is almost exclusively SVO. [[wp:Hindustani_grammar|Hindi]] is primarily an SOV language.
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| Based on the above information about the main source languages for '''Kalo''', it is primarily an SVO (subject-verb-object) language. Modifiers generally follow what they modify, as do prepositional phrases and subordinate clauses.
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| * '''wa kome''' - <small>1S eat</small> - ''I eat.'' (SV)
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| * '''wa amo ko''' - <small>1S love 3S</small> - ''I love her.'' (SVO)
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| * '''o mala amo''' - <small>DO woman love</small> - ''The woman is loved.'' (OV)
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| == questions ==
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| The interrogative particle '''ma''' (taken from Chinese ([[wiktionary:嗎#Chinese|嗎]]) is used in conjunction with various nouns, adverbs, and adjectives to form specific questions.
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| === non-polar questions ===
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| * '''ma''' - what; which
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| * '''ma ko''' - who, whom
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| * '''ma koyo''' - whose, of whom
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| * '''ma tenpo''' - when
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| * '''ma loka''' - where
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| * '''ma moto''' - how
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| * '''ma laka''' - how much, how many
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| * '''ma sapa''' - why
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| === polar questions ===
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| Any statement can become a polar question by adding the interrogative particle '''ma''' at the end of the sentence.
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| * '''wa wite le kasa'''
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| : <small>1S see PST house</small>
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| : ''I saw the house.''
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| * '''ni wite le kasa ma'''
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| : <small>2S see PST house Q</small>
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| : ''Did you see the house?''
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| = Lexicon =
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| Words in '''Kalo''' tend to function in multiple roles. The lexicon is arranged to include those roles within each entry. What follows is the working lexicon for [[Kalo]].
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| * '''ARA''' - Arabic
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| * ELL - Greek
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| * '''ENG''' - English
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| * FRE - French
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| * GER - German
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| * HEB - Hebrew
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| * '''HIN''' - Hindi
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| * JPN - Japanese
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| * KOR - Korean
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| * PIE - Proto-Indo-European
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| * '''SPA''' - Spanish
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| * TUR - Turkish
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| * '''ZHO''' - Mandarin
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| * ''adj'' - adjective
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| * ''n'' - noun
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| * ''num'' - number/numeral
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| * ''part'' - particle
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| * ''prep'' - preposition
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| * ''pro'' - pronoun
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| * ''v'' - verb
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| == a ==
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| aku (-ku) n / num hundred; 100; many; much; a lot ひゃく JPN
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| alima n / v to discern, to find out, to learn علم ARA
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| amo n / v like; love / affection; adoration amor SPA
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| ante prep / v before; in front; forward; ahead ante SPA
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| asi part like this/that; as [such]; thus; so así SPA
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| awa part either; or; other أو ARA
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| ayo part whichever; whatever; something [INDEF] أي ARA
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| == e ==
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| == i ==
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| == k ==
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| * '''kan''' or '''kana''' (ARA/HEB [[wiktionary:كان#Arabic|كان]]/[[wiktionary:כן#Hebrew|כן]])
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| : ''v'' - be; exist; occur
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| : ''n'' - existence
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| : ''part'' - yes; thus
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| * '''kono''' (SPA [[wiktionary:conocer#Spanish|conocer]])
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| : ''v'' - know; be aware of; understand; recognize
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| : ''n'' - knowledge; awareness
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| == l ==
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| == m ==
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| * '''maka''' (ENG [[wiktionary:make#English|make]])
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| : ''v'' - make; do; cause; happen
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| : ''n'' - action; reason; event
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| * '''mente''' (SPA [[wiktionary:mente#Spanish|mente]])
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| : ''v'' - think; ponder; consider
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| : ''n'' - thought; consideration
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| == n ==
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| * '''nesi''' (SPA [[wiktionary:necesitar#Spanish|necesitar]])
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| : ''v'' - need; require
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| : ''n'' - necessity; a must
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| == o ==
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| == p ==
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| * '''pote''' (SPA [[wiktionary:poder#Spanish|poder]])
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| : ''v'' - be able to; can
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| : ''n'' - ability; capability
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| == s ==
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| == t ==
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| * '''tela''' or '''talo''' (PIE [[wiktionary:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/talō|del]])
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| : ''v'' - talk; speak; discuss; say; tell
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| : ''n'' - language; discussion; conversation
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| * '''toma''' (SPA [[wiktionary:tomar#Spanish|tomar]])
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| : ''v'' - eat; drink; ingest
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| : ''n'' - eating; drinking
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| == u ==
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| * '''wan''' (ENG [[wiktionary:want#English|want]])
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| : ''v'' - want; desire; wish (for)
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| : ''n'' - desire; want
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| == y ==
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| * '''yo''' (ZHO [[wiktionary:有#Chinese|有]])
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| : ''v'' - have; possess; hold
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