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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]] | '''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= | =Phonology= |
Revision as of 06:51, 15 February 2018
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.