HC56: Language as a Window to the Mind

Welcome to the Kampotak Page!

This page will be updated as more information about Kampotak is discovered.
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This page is maintained by Sameer ud Dowla Khan. Last updated 4 April 2006.

Lexicon

For the full lexicon of roots and affixes in Kampotak [kãmboda],
download this Excel file: Lexicon (last updated 4 March 2006).

Instructions for submitting new lexical entries:
    In the text of your email or in a Word attachment (depending on whether or not your email program supports Gentium):
       -Each entry should be on its own line.
       -Type each entry as follows:
                /underlying+form/$[phoneticform]$meaning$YourFirstName
       -Don't forget the slashes, brackets, and dollar signs. The plus signs are only for complex words.
       -Since affixes have no phonetic form on their own, affix submissions should look like this:
               /+underlyingform+/$$meaning$YourFirstName (Use only one plus sign as appropriate. Note the two $ signs!)

Stories

Here are two Kampotak stories written by our class.

[õŋ!osiari kwãŋ tsĩna̤wi udʒɛwi]
The Fierce Life of a Prostitute

[pevakta ugorawm rṳdʒɛ̃n kwazu]
This monkey is a pimp.
[õnaɛʃsɛ ugorawmɛ rãŋ õŋ!osiariɛʃzu]
Those cats are his prostitutes.
[õŋ!osiariwi mondĩwi kafɛratskida pseztizu ko tʃĩmɔ̤he]
The psychotic prostitute killed the mouse in bed.
[tsĩna̤ owuradʒɛ]
Life is fierce.

[wezari ŋ!orsewi]
The Ridiculous Mask

[ĩ̤ŋguwi vi̤wɔbewi kaʃiradovre wezar kwazu]
The frigid fish found a mask.
[wezarta ŋ!orseda kaharãme razu]
This ridiculous mask frightened her.
[kawarãnri fe̤dzu ko martedʒihe pṳ progarihe ro wɛ̃mbrogiwihe]
She swam in the river to the bathroom on the mountain.
[rãŋ ʃũmiwer kaʒnorakŋ!o]
Her instinct was strong.

Click on the following links for more information:
Phonology                    Lexicon                    Morphology                    Syntax