Kawa

Kawa (/kawa/) is an artlang created by Tariselan. Kawa takes some minor inspiration from Māori, English, Spanish, French, and Mandarin. The language itself

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

	Labial	Coronal	Guttural
Nasal	m	n	ŋ
Stops	p b	t tʷ	k kʷ g
Fricatives	f v	s sʷ	h (hʷ)1
Approximants	w	j	ʍ

Notes:

1. During allophonic realisation, /w/ is affected by /ʍ/, however, in the writing system, it is seen as the soft version of /h/

Vowels

Vowel Phonemes

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a

Syntax