Ko

Ko is a Wiebic language inspired by Irish and Mandarin. It's a monosyllabic tonal language with palatalized consonants and initial consonant mutations. Schnüher is a close relative.

Phonology

Initials

/ʰm ʰmʲ ʰn ʰnʲ ʰŋ ʰŋʲ m mʲ n nʲ ŋ ŋʲ p pʲ t tʲ k kʲ p˭ pʲ˭ t˭ tʲ˭ k˭ kʲ˭ b bʲ d dʲ g gʲ f fʲ s sʲ x xʲ v vʲ z zʲ ɣ j r rʲ ɫ lʲ h/

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		Dental		Alveolar		Velar		Laryngeal
		broad	slender	broad	slender	broad	slender	slender	broad
Nasal	voiceless	ʰmˠ	ʰmʲ	ʰn̪ˠ			ʰnʲ	ʰŋ	ʰɲ
	voiced	mˠ	mʲ	n̪ˠ			nʲ	ŋ	ɲ
Stop /Affricate	plain	pˠ	pʲ	t̪ˠ			tʲ	c	k	ʔ
	tense	pˠ˭	pʲ˭	t̪ˠ˭			tʲ˭	c˭	k˭
	voiced	bˠ	bʲ	d̪ˠ			dʲ	ɟ	g
Fricative	voiceless	fˠ	fʲ	θˠ	θʲ	sˠ	sʲ	ç	x	h
	voiced	vˠ	vʲ	ðˠ	ðʲ	zˠ	zʲ	j	ɣ
Trill	voiceless					ʰrˠ	ʰrʲ
	voiced					rˠ	rʲ
Lateral	voiceless			ʰl̪ˠ			ʰlʲ
	voiced			l̪ˠ			lʲ

Vowels

/a i u aː eː iː oː uː iə uə/

Finals

/p t k m n ŋ r j w/ ⟨b d g m n l r igh mh⟩

Tones

high, mid, low. rising