Kokanu
Kokanu, formerly known as Toki Ma, is a Tokiponido and an International auxiliary language notable for being compared against Toki Pona. It has around 360 words[1], all from different languages around the world. It also has free word order, with the subject, verb and object all being marked by particles.
Phonology
Consonants
Kokanu has 11 Template:W Template:Ws, two more phonemes than Toki Pona, with the addition of /tʃ/ and /h/.[2]
| Template:W | Template:W | Template:W | Template:W | Template:W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:W | m | n | |||
| Template:W | p | t | tʃ ⟨c⟩ | k | |
| Template:W | s | h | |||
| Template:W | l | j | w |
Vowels
Kokanu has five Template:W phonemes, similarly to Toki Pona.[2]
| Template:W | Template:W | |
|---|---|---|
| Template:W | Template:W | Template:W |
| Template:W | Template:W | Template:W |
| Template:W | Template:W | |
Likanu
Likanu is an abugida writing system developed for Kokanu using only Unicode characters. The inherent vowel is a, and a syllable-final n is typically marked by a macron, but a variety of other diacritics are possible. Vowels are always written after their consonanants. To start a word with a vowel, the letter "o" is used as a null consonant.[3]
| Latin script | Likanu |
|---|---|
| (null consonanant) | o |
| p | ʜ |
| t | ʌ |
| k | x |
| w | ɕ |
| l | ʋ |
| j | ɂ |
| m | ɞ |
| n (syllable initial) | ƨ |
| n (syllable final) | ◌̄/◌̃/◌᷆/◌̾ |
| s | ɤ |
| c | ɛ |
| h | ɵ |
| -a | (no change) |
| -e | ◌ȷ |
| -i | ◌ı |
| -o | ◌ʃ |
| -u | ◌ſ |
| . | : |
| : | – |
| , | ,/､ |
| ? | ≈ |
| ! | ʭ |
| { | ‹ |
| } | › |
| " (opening) | ｢/◖ |
| " (closing) | ｣/◗ |
Example texts
| Kokanu[4] | Likanu | Toki Pona | Literal translation | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mi le makan in kuwosi un mi le lo sun jan ne. | ɞı ʋȷ ɞx̄ ōı xſɕʃɤı ōſ ɞı ʋȷ ʋʃ ɤ̄ſ ɂ̄ ƨȷ: | mi moku e kili. mi tawa tan ma ni. | I [verb marker] eat [direct object marker] fruits and I [verb marker] move from place this. | I eat fruits and I leave. |
| te makan in kuwosi, le tope. | ʌȷ ɞx̄ ōı xſɕʃɤı､ ʋȷ ʌʃʜȷ: | kili li pona tawa jan. | [relative clause verb marker] eat [direct object marker] fruit [verb marker] good. | Eating fruit is good. |
