Pontaka

Overview
Pontaka is a conlang under construction created by gemsllz that is closely related to Honore and inspired by Māori and Niuean. There are 11 consonants and 10 vowels (5 base vowels which are distinguished by length)

Phonotactics
The syllable structure is strictly CV(N). All Nasals must have the same corresponding place of articulation as the consonants they follow, for example:
 * Pontaka is possible.
 * Pompaka is possible.
 * Ponpaka is not possible.

Stress
Stress is regular, falling on the first syllable except if the vowel in the first syllable is long, then it falls on the second syllable, for example:
 * [ˈ pontaka] is correct.
 * [poːnˈ taka] is correct.
 * [ˈ poːntaka] is incorrect.

H

 * Hapu [ˈ hapu] - Head
 * Hine [ˈ hine] - Woman, Girl
 * Hōnore [ho:'nore] - Lullaby

K

 * Korerō ['korero:] - Song

M

 * Māke [maːˈ ke] - Food

P

 * Pāte [paːˈ te] - Man, Boy

M

 * Mātsi [maːˈ t͡si] - Eat

M

 * Mana [ˈ mana] - Holy, Sacred

Colours

 * Karē ['kare:] - Red
 * Rani ['rani] - Yellow / Orange
 * Tsāre [ t͡sa:'re] - Light Green
 * Kāxā [ka:'xa:] - Dark Green
 * Tawa ['tawa] - Blue
 * Komē ['kome:] - Pink / Purple

Numerals
Six is Tāte Nō (Five-One), Seven is Tāte Tu (Five-Two) and so on. Ten becomes Tu Tāte (Two-Five) and Eleven is Tu Tāte Nō (Two-Five-One), etc.
 * Kenō [ˈ kenoː] - Zero
 * Nō ['noː] - One
 * Tu ['tu] - Two
 * Kō ['ko:] - Three
 * Kātē [ka:'te:] - Four
 * Tāte [ta:'te] - Five