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aims to be the first in serious of relatives of Toki Pona, created as hypothetical languages by Meuser2.

Consonants
It should be noted that gemination is phonemic in all consonants. W becomes wu, j becomes ji, l becomes la, and t^ becomes t^a when geminated.

Phonotactics
All syllables are of the form (C)V(S), where C is a consonant, V is a vowel, and S is a plain plosive. Stress is always on the first syllable of a word.

Morphology
Words inflect by means of suffixes. They show whether a word is main or subordinate (for nouns, this is equivalent to showing nom/acc distinction), what part of speech a word is, and also incorparate some derivational material. Subordinate suffixes are created from the main ones through gemination of the consonant. The other suffixes are as follows: If there is no word-final vowel, -a is appended following a palatal or velar, -i following a labio-velar, and -u following an alveolar. The abstract noun could theoretically be anything, though it is always the gerund form of the verb if the root has a verbal form.

Syntax
Northern dialects tend to be head-initial, while southern dialects tend to be head-final. Word order is inconsistent, though the standard order is SVIO, where O is the direct object, I the indirect object, S the subject, and V the verb. has prepositions.