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|name = {{PAGENAME}}
|nativename = lees ndoigh Kuamh
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|setting = [[Verse:Tricin]]
|region = Bjeheond
|familycolor=hmong-mien
|fam1=[[Hlou-Ku languages|Hlou-Ku]]
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'''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (English: /ku:/, natively ''lees ndoigh Kuamh'' /leə noi ku/ (TBA: tone)) is a language spoken in [[Bjeheond]]; as a [[Hlou-Ku languages|Hlou-Ku language]], it's related to [[Hlou]]. It is a monosyllabic tonal language inspired by Hmong and Irish. Like Irish, it has initial consonant mutations.

==Todo==
*Explain: lexical mutation in Hlou, grammatical mutation in Ku
**Hlou lexical mutation could have arisen from a grammatical mutation system where the particles fell away
*''dor'' = to be born ~ Hlou ''Ndol'' 'person'
*TODO: kl gl sk > q

==Phonology==
{{SUBPAGENAME}} has fewer initials and fewer vowels than [[Hlou]], due to initial mutations.
===Phonotactics===
C + V + tone

===Initials===
''m n ny l nl r y w'' = /m n ɲ l (dark l) r j w/

''hm hn hny hl hnl hr hy hw'' = /ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰl (voiceless dark l) ʰr ç (voiceless w)/

''p t tz ts tx c k q b d j g'' = /p t ts (Basque ts) tʃ c k q b d ɟ g/

''pl bl tl dl'' = /pl bl tl dl/

''ph th tzh tsh txh ch kh qh bh dh jh gh'' = /f θ s (Basque s) ʃ ç x χ v ð j ɣ/

''phl bhl thl dhl'' /fl vl ɬ ɮ/

''np nt ntz nts ntx nc nk nq nb nd nj ng'' = /b d dz (voiced Basque ts) dʒ ɟ g ɢ m n ɲ ŋ/

''npl nbl ntl ndl'' /bl ml dl nl/

''f z s x h'' = /f s (Basque s) ʃ h/

''nf nz ns nx'', also ''fh zh sh xh'' = /v z (voiced Basque s) ʒ/

===Rimes===
''a i ao u e o ee oo ai ei oi au eu ia ua'' = /a ɪ ɨ ʊ ɛ ɔ ea oa ai ei oi au eu i u/

===Tones===
9 tones:

*-Ø: mid level
*-ch: entering (i.e. glottal stop final)
*-s: low falling
*-r: low rising
*-gh: low creaky
*-mh: breathy
*-bh: mid rising
*-dh: high falling
*-n: high level

==Grammar==
Ku is SVO and head-initial. Many function words in Ku trigger mutations.
===Nouns===
plural word: ''yoo-L''

===Classifiers===
''li-L'', ''tzagh-N'', ''hnyoobh'', ''lees-N'', ''zua-N'', ''yaus-L'', ...

''faon'' = a man

''li fhaon'' = the man (classifier ''li'')

''plaidh'' = a dog

''tzagh nplaidh'' = the dog (classifier ''tzagh'')

''qo'' = a tree

''hnyoobh qo'' the tree

''dor'' = is born

''zua ndor'' = to be born (inf.)

==Sample text==
===Tower of Babel===
:''Pugh zedh yaus qhar nyiamh tso txuabh zhaor aon lees ndoigh kiabh aon lees ntlair.''
:CONJ in CLF world whole PST give only one CLF language and one CLF speak
:And in the whole world there was one language and one way of speaking.

[[Category:Quihum languages]][[Category:Tricin]]