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'''Ndriauk | '''Ndriauk Šiuoi''' /ⁿɖʐɐʊk ʃʲūɔj/ = The weeping cricket / The cricket weeps | ||
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| Created by | IlL, Praimhín |
| Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Hlou-Shum
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Liai (English: /li:aɪ/ lee-EYE; natively hmỹ Liaĩ /ʰmɨ(breathy) lʲɐɪ(breathy)/) is a Hlou-Shum language inspired by Hmong, Lithuanian and Mandarin.
Phonology
Consonants
Initials:
p b f v t d tl dl tr dr s c z š č ž r l k g kr gr x h m n l r /pʰ b f v tʰ d tɬʰ dɮ ʈʰ ɖ s tsʰ dz ʃ tʃʰ dʒ r l kʰ g kʰr gr x h m n l r~ɭ~ɽ/ (all in hard/soft pairs; soft tr/dr and hard x/q/j are both pronounced like the Polish cz/dż series); j /j/
mp mb mf nt nd ntl ndl ntr ndr nc nz nč nž nk ng nkr ngr nl nr = prenasalized consonants
hm hn hl hr = voiceless m n l r
Finals: just /k/
Vowels
a/ia i u/iu = tense /a i u/
ai au iai iau ie uo iuo = as in Lithuanian
uoi iuoi ieu = /uəj ʲuəj iəw/
y ye yeu = nonpalatalizing i ie ieu
Tones
Tones: a á à ã = level rising falling breathy; tone is suppressed with a -k final.
Sample text
Ndriauk Šiuoi /ⁿɖʐɐʊk ʃʲūɔj/ = The weeping cricket / The cricket weeps