KAYAKO NA BOBOS - Kwesho.com

Short grammar sketch
Only some main aspects of Kah are highlighted in this section. For a more extensive description
of Kah grammar, please check:
www.kwesho.com/grammar.html
Orthography
Kah is written in the Roman script. The following letters are used in the official spelling:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s t u v w y z
A pronunciation guide to each of the phonemes of Kah is:
a
b
ch
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
kw
l
m
mw
Spanish "mal"
French "beau"
Spanish "churro"
Spanish "dar"
Spanish "el"
French "faire"
English "good"
English "high"
Spanish "si"
English "joke"
Spanish "como"
English "quarter"
French "lire"
Spanish "mal"
Swahili "mwalimu"
n
ny
o
p
py
r
s
sh
sw
t
u
v
w
y
z
Spanish "no"
Spanish "señor"
Spanish "no"
Spanish "por"
Korean “Pyongyang”
Spanish "rey"
French "sel"
English "she"
Swahili "Swahili"
French "tu”
Spanish "su"
English "veil"
English "we"
Spanish "yo"
French "zero"
An n before a k of g (producing the consonant clusters nk and ng) is pronounced as ng as in
the English word bang.
Nouns
Nouns in Kah do not inflect for number, case or number. Definite of indefinite aspect is rarely
marked:
kaiko - book, a book, the book, books, the books
kaiko wi - many books
kaiko yem - three books
kaiko wau – this book
kaiko ye – that book
Kah Pocket Dictionary 9