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Clooa (natively mois de la Crouet /mø̌ dē lā qoəʔ/ 'language of the Clooa people'; Clooa is the Eevo name, pronounced /ˈkʟɔʊə/ or in English KLOH-uh) is a Hlou-Ku language inspired by Hmong, French and Aramaic. The word mois (language) is cognate with Tlu χμωωβ.

Phonology

Based on Tíogall

p b t d c g f v ß s tß ts ch h m n gn l r j = /p b t d k g f v s ʃ ts tʃ x h m n ɲ ŋ ʀ j/

Cl, Cr = pharyngealized versions of p, b, t, d, c, g, f, v, ß, s, tß, ts, ch, m, n; /kˁ gˁ xˁ/ are effectively /q ɢ χ/

a e i o u ai oi ui = /a e i o u ɛ ø y/

ou eu au = /ow ew aw/

Tones:

• 0 = 33
• n = 51
• ne = 11
• s = 25
• ns = 313
• (e)nt = 3ˀ1 (stød)

at et it ot ut ait aiet ouet = a e i o u ɛ eə oə + glottal stop (no tone)

oux eux aux oix uix = ou eu au oi ui with unreleased -kp final (allophonic variation of final glottal stop)

em-/en- = prenasalization

Morphology

la = plural particle

Nouns

A few Clooa nouns have separate construct state forms.

The word for "of" is du before singular nouns, and de la before plural nouns.