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== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
* initials and vowels as in White Hmong/Green Mong RPA, but aa ee oo are breathy voiced vowels and r | * initials and vowels as in White Hmong/Green Mong RPA, but aa ee oo are breathy voiced vowels and r rh nr nrh are /ɹ ɹʰ ɳ ɳʰ/ | ||
* Finals: -b -0 -s -j -v -m -g -d /p(unreleased) 0 s j w (nasalization) k(unreleased) t(unreleased)/ | * Finals: -b -0 -s -j -v -m -g -d /p(unreleased) 0 s j w (nasalization) k(unreleased) t(unreleased)/ | ||
Revision as of 23:55, 31 March 2022
"Hmoabite"
Hlaub lag, vi seb qawd ___ = Hello, my name is ___
definite article ðə -> vi
Lexicon
- nqhwm = fish
- yed = to have; there is
- ntam = to give
- vwm = ear
- ntavwm = to listen
Phonology
- initials and vowels as in White Hmong/Green Mong RPA, but aa ee oo are breathy voiced vowels and r rh nr nrh are /ɹ ɹʰ ɳ ɳʰ/
- Finals: -b -0 -s -j -v -m -g -d /p(unreleased) 0 s j w (nasalization) k(unreleased) t(unreleased)/
Grammar
Pronouns
- 1st person pronouns:
- qawd (polite, from *3abd 'slave')
- npws (when speaking to non-intimate peers or someone of lower status)
- dlag (intimate; from PFES *đV lak 'yours')
- nau (only used in poetry; from PSem ʔanāku)
- 2nd person pronouns:
- nkaub (polite; from *maqāmu 'place')
- dliv (non-intimate, non-polite, from an older polite pronoun *laTip)
- qhov (intimate, from *Hubb)
- hmu (rude; from PSem ʔantumū)
Family members use family terms to refer to themselves or to the listener.
Animate plurals marked with ... wj (PFES *wıl)