<p b t d c j k g q> /p b t d tS dZ k g ?/
<f s x h> /f s S h/
<m n ny ng> /m n nj N/
<w r l y> /w r l j/
<a e i o u> /a e i o u/
Phonotactics
(C1 (C2)) V (C3)
C1: Any consonant except ng
C2: /w r l j/
C3: everything besides vcd obstruents
Nouns
Nouns do not mark for number
ek serir
one lock
a lock
ar serir
two lock
two locks
Verbs
Verbs lack conjugation.
for person:
mi kome
1sg eat
I eat
ye kome
3sg. eat
they eat
Word Order
For sentences it is SVO.
gato jwe maus
cat chase mouse
The cat chases the mouse
Adjectives precede nouns
hong lata
red can
red can
Adverbs follow verbs
run slowpau dire
run slowly
Lexicon
Words are chosen to be easy to pronounce regardless of origin.
For example, window is okno from Russian, money is paise from Hindi, meat is laham from Arabic and so on.
Words are also chosen for shortness e.g
grod for city, jauxo for professor
Food items are pronounced as in their 'source' language e.g jauja for 'dumpling', papa for 'potato', caxkali for 'taco' (a bit of a stretch), and separate items for lajang, salsa, catni