Utio! Wakanele is an a priori constructed language inspired by Japanese and Hawaiian, featuring simple syllable structures, few phonemes, and a predominantly isolating grammar. Its writing system is best described as an alphasyllabary.
Interesting Features: Nouns are differentiated by animacy, affecting corresponding articles and case markers. Number is not usually indicated, but may be done by reduplicating the final vowel-consonant-vowel combination on animate nouns only (cf. dog : dogs :: uiti : uitiiti).
Example Sentences
Eo ei owe nu Wakanele he?
SUB.ANI 2SG speak OBJ.INAN Wakanele Q
Do you speak Wakanele?
O elekokui ke uka ila Mark.
COP language-DIM GEN 1SG COP Mark.
My name is Mark.
Eo ile eto ei kopa nu kasio tue.
SUB.ANI 3SG see PAST not OBJ.INAN stage.play ART.DEF.INAN
He did not see the play.
