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Laalasyicei is a tonal language to talk about technical issues over bad lines. It uses 4 tones, reduplication and weird aspects like the gnomic one - and the kdeic one.

The name Laalasyicei illustrates all 4 tones: double vowels are high tones, single vowels high tones, y-vowel is a rising tone, e-vowel a falling tone. The name means: talk-use-place-here.

There are 3 vowels: a /a/, i /i/ and u /u/.

There are 9 consonants:
T: /t/, /d/, /g/ or /k/
L: /l/, /r/ or /r\/
S: /z/ or /s/
C: /!\/
N: /n/ or /N/
p: /b/ or /p/
b: /B/
m: /O\/
h: /h/ or /!/

LS fronts the topic of a sentence, but if this is not the subject, a specific syllable indicates the shifted focus:
haa hyahya heahala: I boys scare: _I_ scare some kids
heahala tyu haa hyahya: Scare VERBFOC I boys: I _scare_ some kids
hyahya cea haa heahala: boys PATFOC I scare: I scare _some kids_.

Verbs don't conjugate:
haa nyihapea: I am happy
tu nyihapea: you are happy
lyu nyihapea: she is happy
lyuheu nyihapea: he is happy
baa nyihapea: it is happy

tyihaa nyihapea: we (dual, excl.) are happy
haatu nyihapea: we (dual, incl.) are happy
tyitu nyihapea: you two are happy
tyilyu nyihapea: they two (at least one female) are happy
tyilyuheu nyihapea: they two (only males) are happy
tyibaa nyihapea: they (2 neuters) are happy

meuhaa nyihapea: we (trial, excl.) are happy
haatu nyihapea: we (trial, incl.) are happy
meutu nyihapea: you (trial) are happy
meulyu nyihapea: they three (at least one female) are happy
meulyuheu nyihapea: they three (all male) are happy
meubaa nyihapea: they (3 neuters) are happy

haahaa nyihapea: we (paucal, excl.) are happy
haatu nyihapea: we (paucal, incl.) are happy
tutu nyihapea: you (paucal) are happy
lyulyu nyihapea: they (at least one female, paucal) are happy
lyulyuheu nyihapea: they (all males, paucal) are happy
baabaa nyihapea: they (neuter, paucal) are happy

haacahaa nyihapea: we (plural, excl.) are happy
haatu nyihapea: we (plural, incl.) are happy
tucatu nyihapea: you (plural) are happy
lyucalyu nyihapea: they (at least one female, plural) are happy
lyuheulyuheu nyihapea: they (all males, plural) are happy
baacabaa nyihapea: they (neuter, plural) are happy

Plurals work like this:

Attaching the number forms the dual and trial:
tyihya: 2 kids
meuhya: 3 kids
Paucal is formed by repetition of the first syllable:
hyahya: some kids
saasaasyita: some houses
Plural by repeating the entire word. One syllable words intersperse ca:
hyacahya: many kids
saasyitasaasyita: houses

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