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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' ({{PAGENAME}}: ''eine Deuch Kurms'' (''An dhobhâdhaigh Cuatham'' /an33 zʷaj21 kʷam22/)) is a Wiebic language. It has a large number of click consonants, and is a monosyllabic tonal language with fusional morphology using mutations and tone changes.
: {{distinguish|text= the Earth language [[w:Fungor language|Fungor]], also known as Ko}}
==Numbers==
*AW: va:m, *dɛɧɐ, naɐk, mu:l, ze:lɪɧ, ʃtuom, ʀu:t, lɛɐts, pfaɐp, kioɐ
*Pre-Kurmo-Schnüher: va:m, dɪɧɐ, nɛɐk, mu:l, ze:ləɧ, ʃtuom, ʀu:t, lɛɐts, pfɛɐp, kioɐ
*Pre-Schnüher: fˠa:m, dʲəɧ-S, nʲa:k, mʷo:l, zʲe:ləɧ, tʰʷwəm, vˠo:t, lʲatʰ, pʰʲa:p, kʲa:
<poem>
we need tones!


lʲatʰ->lʲat(breathy)
:[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Wordlist]]
9 and 10 sound similar
ok let's try tʰ > t(breathy)


_Cʰ -> _C(breathy)
{{Infobox language
yes
|creator = User:IlL
|name = {{PAGENAME}}
|nativename = lees ndoigh Komh
|setting = [[Verse:Tricin]]
|state = Bjeheond
|familycolor=hmong-mien
|fam1=[[Hlou-Shum languages|Hlou-Shum]]
|scripts=* Latin (Uncial)
|notice=IPA
}}
'''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (English: /koʊ/, natively ''lees ndoigh Komh'' /li noi kɔ/ (TBA: tone)) is a language spoken in [[Bjeheond]]; as a [[Hlou-Shum languages|Hlou-Shum language]], it's related to [[Hlou]]. It is a monosyllabic tonal language inspired by Hmong, Irish, Manx, and English. Like Irish, Ko has initial consonant mutations.


_ɧ -> _h -> _(breathy)
==Todo==
yes
Motivation: "Sinospheric Irish" or "Hmoob read by an Irish speaker"
maybe not p-celticization?
*Explain: lexical mutation in Hlou, grammatical mutation in Ko
**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
*bach = small, meer = big
*hleubh = to love (hlub means "to love" in Hmong)
*kein = archaic negative word
*ein = emphasis/'rather'
*koobh = good
*cu = copper


final k -> glottalization
==Phonology==
{{SUBPAGENAME}} has fewer initials than [[Hlou]], due to initial mutations.
===Phonotactics===
C + V + tone


we should have that
===Initials===
''m n ņ l nl r y w'' = /m n ɲ l (dark l) r j w/


but final p -> w-glide!
''hm hn hņ hl hr hy hw'' = /ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰl ʰr ç (voiceless w)/


9 -> pʰʲa:w
''p t tç ts tx c k q b d j g'' = /h t ts (Basque ts) tʃ c k q b d ɟ g/


or pʰʲa:wʔ
''pl bl tl dl'' = /hl bl tl dl/


this is so fun
''ph th tçh tsh txh ch kh qh bh dh jh gh'' = /f θ s (Basque s) ʃ ç x χ v ð j ɣ/
vˠa:m, dʲə̤-S, nʲa:ʔ, mʷo:l, zʲe̤:l, tʰʷwəm, vˠo:ʔ, lʲa̤ʔ, pʰʲa:wʔ, kʲʷa:
i don't want final plosivess to diasppear yet!
i need them for sino-korean gib


yes
''phl bhl thl dhl'' /fl vl ɬ ɮ/


vˠa:m, dʲə̤-S, nʲa:k, mʷo:l, zʲe̤:l, tʰʷwəm, vˠo:t, lʲa̤t, pʰʲa:p, kʲʷa:
''np nt ntç nts ntx nc nk nq nb nd nj ng'' = /b d dz (voiced Basque ts) dʒ ɟ g ɢ m n ɲ ŋ/
let me look at what vowel phonemes we had before slenderization
ɪ i: ʏ y: u:
ə
ɛ e: œ ø: o:
a:
au ai ay iu io uo yø
should au ai ay front to ɛu ɛi ɛy?


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


looks abɛut right
''f ç s x'' = /f s (Basque s) ʃ/
actually maybe not
we need some "plain" consonants


why?????
''nf nç ns nx'', also ''fh çh sh xh'' = /v z (voiced Basque s) ʒ/
for some balance?
au ai ay all merge into ɐː


let's say au->ɛ:, ai->ɑ: as in australian or cockney(ish)
===Rimes===
ai, ay > a:
''a i ao u e o ee oo ai ei oi au eu ia ua'' = /a ɪ ɨ ʊ ɛ ɔ i u ai ei oi au eu iə uə/


yes
===Tones===
ɪ i: ʏ y: u:
9 tones:
ə
ɛ e: œ ø: o:
ɛ: œ
a:
iu io uo yø
should i have œ: < ay?


yes!
*-Ø: mid level
*-ch: glottal stop final
*-s: low falling
*-r: low rising
*-gh: low breathy
*-mh: creaky
*-bh: mid rising
*-dh: high falling
*-n: high level


symmetry!
==Grammar==
ɪ i: ʏ y: u:
Ko is SVO and head-initial. Mutations often operate on a syntactic basis.
ə
===Nouns===
ɛ e: œ ø: o:
plural word: ''yoo-L'' (placed after classifier but before noun)
ɛ: œ:
===Pronouns===
a:
*xan = I
iu io uo yø
*çeedh = you
 
btw Californian English looks like it has /y/ and no /u/
so we're now at the "oddball accent of german"-stage
 
yes
 
i think now is a good time to slenderize!
yes
 
ɪ -> ʲə, i: -> ʲə:, ʏ -> ʲʷə, y: -> ʲʷə:, u: -> ʷə:...
what should the semi-vertical vowel system look like?
 
a:->ˠa:
a 3-level system?
 
fleibenschwankenschraft
with a ə ï
 
that looks good
so pre-cuatham:
ɪ i: ʏ y: u:
ə
e: ø: o:
ɛ ɛ: œ œ:
a:
iu io uo yø
 
ɪ i: ʏ y: u: -> ʲï ʲï: ʲʷï ʲʷï: ʷï:
old cuatham:
jɨ jɨj jwɨ jwɨj wɨw
 
better than my proposal
 
let's continue
 
ə is just ə
e: ø: o: > jəj jwəj wəw
 
yes
*middle chinese intensifies*
 
ɛ ɛ: œ œ: -> ja jai jwa jwai
a: -> a:
 
or jwaw?
a: > a:
 
iu io uo yø -> jɨw, jəw, wəw, jwəj?
jɨ, jə, wə, jwə
 
yes i can feel the middle chinese
 
so i and iu merge?
iu > jɨw
what does final -r do now?
fleibenschwankenschraft...
-w -j replaced w/ -a?
 
perhaps
 
with a subsequent sandhi
 
ɨa,əa-> ə:, aa->a:
this is pretty convenient as a, eo, eu are common in sino-korean
 
what? the sandhi?
the vertical vowel system
tho i also need -yu(C), -yo(C)
 
jɨw, jəw!
i can get them from jw-
?
ok
 
CjɨwC->CyuC
yes
 
we still haven't gone over uo, üö and io
we have: iu io uo yø -> jɨw, jə, wə, jwə
so:
va:m, dəɧɐ, nɛɐk, mu:l, ze:ləɧ, ʃtuom, ʀu:t, lɛɐts, pfɛɐp, kioɐ
va:m, dəɧ-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, ʃtwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
the language should split at this stage or soon after
 
yes!
 
well it was descher in early curmian
sorry
 
va:m, djəɧ-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, ʃtwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
either german is the mother of all languages
or it's vietnamese
 
or wakashan
 
or clicky polynesian
 
(from a zulian perspective)
ʃC > Cʰ at this stage
va:m, djəɧ-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
forgot
va:m, djə̤ɧ-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
what about mutations caused by unstressed prefixes
i think they should be dropped before final endings are dropped
be-, ge-, ger- lenites
en-, wen- eclipses
des- aspirates
let's work the effects out
 
then when you lenite be-, you actually get bhe- (pronounced)
 
*gussnish intensifies*
sino-korean but with mutations, tone and gender is so funny
 
i can see you're more focused on Schnüher grin emoticon
b > v
d > dh (fric)
g > gh
 
that's pretty much gussnish
p > f
t > þ
k > x
dh > gh?
we're still at the "old irish" stage
 
irish/elephant gaelic
 
th -> h
 
dh -> gh
the following consonants can occur initially in late pre-old cuatham:
m n
p t ! k ʔ
b d g! g
ph th !h kh
f s h
v z
l j ʀ
right before prefixes trigger initial mutations
m
seimhius to ṽ
uru's to m
aspirates to mʰ
n
seimhius to n
urus to n
aspirates to nʰ
p
seimhius to f
urus to b
aspirates to pʰ
t
seimhius to θ
urus to d
aspsirates to tʰ
forgot ɧ as a possible initial fricative
!
seimhius to ɧ
urus to g!
aspirates to !ʰ
k
seimhius to x
urus to g
aspirates to kʰ
b
seimhius to v
urus to m
aspirates to bʰ?
b shouldn't aspirate unlike in Middle Wiobian
 
or An Bhl grin emoticon
b
seimhius to v
urus to m
d
seimhius to ð
urus to n
g!
seimhius to ɧ̬
urus to ŋ!
g
seimhius to ɣ
urus to ŋ
ph th !h kh
seimhius to p t ! k (!)
blaoighniúil
ph th !h kh
urus to m̊ n̊ ŋ̊! ŋ̊
sorry not blaoighniuil
seimhiu: ph > p > f
h drops out entirely
f s
seimhius to h h
urus to v z
v z
seimhius to ʔ ʔ
l j ʀ do not mutate
oops maybe i should have aspirated hl hj hr?
l j r
aspirate to hl hj hr
and v z aspirates to f s
ɧ seimhius to h and urus to ɧ̬
ɧ̬ seimhius to to ʔ and aspirates to ɧ
ʔ urus to n
and aspirates to h!
ok so what inventory do i have now
m̊ n̊ ŋ̊! ŋ̊
m n ŋ! ŋ
p t ! k ʔ
b d g! g
ph th !h kh
f s ɧ x h
ṽ v z ɧ̬ ɣ
l̊ j̊ ʀ̊
l j ʀ
 
this is "old cuatham"
pʰ tʰ !ʰ kʰ are pinyined p̂ t̂ ŧ̂ k̂
 
ĉ you mean
yes sorry
p̂ t̂ ŧ̂ ĉ
 
or:
 
use pr tr ŧr cr
i could derive aspirates from Cr!
 
as Cuatham has no initial consonant clusters
or maybe not?
 
you don't have to change the diachronics
r blocks medials from forming
 
i just picked something irishy
yes I could do that
 
because ŧ̂ is a little heavy on the diacritics
phr thr ŧhr chr
bpr dtr đŧr gcr?
bpr dtr đŧr gcr actually represetn voiceless nasals
 
yes
 
i don't know why i didn't think of that idea before
that's funny
but i'm adopting the idea anyway because irish
 
yes
 
also because nobody really knows what <r> is in Wiob
 
it should be the in universe orthography!
well <r> *is* sometimes /r/
Reber = ráp
 
but not always
 
that's why r could mean /r/ in Cuatham
 
in isolation
Schnueher uses Wiob orthography while Cuatham uses the irishy one
 
yes
because German read like Sino-Korean
 
or you could have Irish read as Sino-Korean tongue emoticon
that's why Hussmauchian conlangers like to do funny things with r
or avoid it
anyway
the language splits after slenderization?
 
yes!
I want to drop final plosives in cuatham while retaining them in schnueher
 
yes
 
so here are the numbers again:
 
va:m, djə̤-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
cuatham splits from schnueher by...
clicky clicky clicky!
 
what do you think abot -p -> -w?
 
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
with all the !'s pronounced
yes, -p > -w in cuatham
 
-t just disappears
yes
or becomes -j?
 
-k -> -j
 
actually
hence -abh/-aigh?
 
final
p/jp/wp -> w/j/w
t/jt/wt -> Ø/j/w
k/jk/wk -> j/j/w
 
yes
yes
 
final -ŧ?
> Ø/j/w
 
final -l?
retained
 
final m, n, and ng are retained
yes


===Classifiers===
Classifiers were historically a very open class. They always eclipse the following noun.


high from falsetto: ŧrâdha
''lu'', ''tzagh'', ''hņoobh'', ''lees'', ''çua'', ''yaus'', ...
mid tone: ŧra
low tone: ŧrà
high tone: ŧrá
mid falling: ŧradh
glottalized: ŧràdh
high falling: trádh
high from falsetto: ŧrâdh


yes
*lu = humans, gods
maybe hmong is a cuatham jokelang
**''faon'' = a man; ''lu nfaon'' = the man (classifier ''lu'')
*tçagh = animals, demons
**''plaidh'' = a dog; ''tçagh nplaidh'' = the dog (classifier ''tçagh'')
**''tçagh Nja Ber Woch'' = a demon in Ko mythology
*hņoobh = tall objects such as trees, buildings
**''qo'' = a tree; ''hņoobh nqo'' the tree
*çua: infinitive
**''dor'' = is born; ''çua ndor'' = to be born (inf.)
*''lobh'': food, edible plants
*''zail'': inedible plants
*lees = nominalization, way of X-ing
**''doigh'' = 'to speak'; ''lees ndoigh'' 'language'
*In archaic language: fancy apparently ad-hoc classifiers for different animals and fruits (cf. English ''murder of crows'' except "murder" is a classifier)


so what does -th- do?
===Verbs===
 
ba = subjunctive marker
i don't like ŧràthadh ...
 
let's say that -thadh- or -thidh- becomes -ch!
ŧrath
ŧràth
ŧráth
ŧrach
ŧràch
trách
ŧrâch
 
yes
this is def my irish jokelang
 
it's even funnier with the falsetto!
or an awesomenesslang
irish + khoisan + chinese
this is Old Kurmian right before it splits
 
fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:k, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨwt, ljə̤:t, pʰjə̤p, kjə:-S
 
yes
 
in modern kurm:
@am, |e, n|ek, n@ul, |el, |wem, @wit, ||et, @jep, !e:
schnueher drops -l
cuatham drops -p -t -k
 
yes
I'm doing cuatham first
 
@ = bilabial click
fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨw, ljə̤:, pʰjə̤, kjə:-S
sorry
fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, fwɨw, ljə̤:, pʰjə̤, kjə:-S
then final -w -j disappear before -m -n -l
fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:, mwɨl, zjə̤l, tʰwəm, fwɨw, ljə̤:, pʰjə̤, kjə:-S
 
yes
actually
-p turns to -w and deletes any -j before it
fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:, mwɨl, zjə̤l, tʰwəm, fwɨw, ljə̤:, pʰjə̤w, kjə:-S
 
yes
i also had -k -jk -wk > -j -j -w
fa:m, djə̤-S, njə:j, mwɨl, zjə̤l, tʰwəm, fwɨw, ljə̤:, pʰjə̤w, kjə:-S
 
yes
I had this
va:m, djə̤-S, njə:jQ, mwɨwl, zjə̤jl, tʰwəm, vwɨwQ, ljə̤:Q, pʰjə̤wQ, kjə:-S
va:m, djə̤-S, njə:jQ, mwɨl, zjə̤l, tʰwəm, vwɨwQ, ljə̤:Q, pʰjə̤wQ, kjə:-S
then I had some tone splits
va:m, djə̀-S, njə:jQ, mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, vwɨwQ, ljə̀:Q, pʰjə̀wQ, kjə:-S
breathy > low
fa:m, djə̀-S, njə:jQ, mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, fwɨwQ, ljə̀:Q, pʰjə̀wQ, kjə:-S*
 
low glottalized is easier than breathy glottalized
fa:m, djə̀-S, njə̌:j, mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, fwɨ́wQ, ljə̌:, pʰjə̌w, kjə:-S
 
yes
fa:m, djə̀-S, njə̌:j, mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, fwɨ́w, ljə̌:, pʰjə̌w, kjə:-S
and right then you monophthongized everything
I changed it so that we have less e's and o's
 
yes
i want to keep--jə̌w because mandarin
 
yóu
I do agree with ɨj/ɨw > i:/u:
 
"gozaimasu" should be an emphatic particle in kagasa
good time for the long vowel > tone split
 
yes
 
with the blaoighnity
 
same tones that we originally had
 
falsetto is too funny
 
early modern cuatham can sound like yodelling
fa:m, djə̀-S, njə:j (high), mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, fwû:, ljə̀:, pʰjə̌w, kjə-S (high falling)
 
with long vowels?
sorry
fa:m, djə̀-S, njəj (high), mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, fwû, ljə̀, pʰjə̌w, kjə-S (high falling)
then we can harmonize jə to je and perhaps wə to wo
 
yes
except you don't have jew
 
shouldn't fa:m have a tone change?
sorry
fam (mid falling), djə̀-S, njəj (high), mwɨl, zjə̀l, tʰwəm, fwû, ljə̀, pʰjə̌w, kjə-S (high falling)
i'll use tone numbers now
 
next crazy idea!
 
a monosyllabic tonal language based on Schwünter
 
where each word gets compressed to a single syllable
fam31, djə22-S, njej55, mwɨl33, sjəl22, tʰwəm33, fwu51, ljə21, pʰjəw15, kjə51-S
 
yes
wɨ, jɨ > u, i
fam31, djə22-S, njej55, mul33, sjəl22, tʰwəm33, fwu51, ljə21, pʰjəw15, kjə51-S
 
so 4 can be "mul"
 
that's the joke
 
bevolo -> beolo -> beol -> meol -> mul
now the clickification
 
fam31, gǀə22-S, ŋǀej55, !aw21, sjəl22, tʰwəm33, fɨ51, ʎə21, ʘʰəw33, cə51-S
fadham, dè, néidhigh, đàdhabh, sèil, trobhuam, faoidh, lèidh, preobh, céidh
 
ur > u:ə > uə > Modern Kurmian ua
so Cuam, genitive Cuatham
</poem>
 
==Phonology==
===Initials===
 
An unusual feature of {{PAGENAME}} phonology is that palatalized stops are realized as clicks.
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|-
|+'''{{PAGENAME}} initials'''
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|
!colspan="2" | Labial
!colspan="2" | Coronal
!colspan="2" | Lateral
!colspan="2" | Coarticulated
!colspan="2" | Velar
!rowspan="2" | Glottal
|-
! <small>"broad"</small>
! <small>"slender"</small>
! <small>"broad"</small>
! <small>"slender"</small>
! <small>"broad"</small>
! <small>"slender"</small>
! <small>"broad"</small>
! <small>"slender"</small>
! <small>"broad"</small>
! <small>"slender"</small>
|-
!rowspan="2"| Nasal
! <small>voiceless</small>
| /m̊/ || /ŋ̊ʘ/
| /n̊/ || /ŋ̊ǀ/
| /n̊ˡ/ || /ŋ̊ǁ/
| /ŋ̊!/ || /ŋ̊ǂ/
| /ŋ̊/ || /ɲ̊/
|
|-
! <small>voiceless</small>
| /m/ || /ŋʘ/
| /n/ || /ŋǀ/
| /nˡ/ || /ŋǁ/
| /ŋ!/ || /ŋǂ/
| /ŋ/ || /ɲ/
|
|-
!rowspan="4" | Stop
!<small>tenuis</small>
| /p/ || /ʘ/
| /t/ || /ǀ/
| /tɬ/ || /ǁ/
| /!/ || /ǂ/
| /k/ || /c/
| /ʔ/
|-
!<small>aspirated</small>
| /pʰ/ || /ʘʰ/
| /tʰ/ || /ǀʰ/
| /tɬʰ/ || /ǁʰ/
| /!ʰ/ || /ǂʰ/
| /kʰ/ || /cʰ/
|
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
| /b/ || /gʘ/
| /d/ || /gǀ/
| /dɮ/ || /gǁ/
| /g!/ || /gǂ/
| /g/ || /ɟ/
|
|-
!<small>breathy voiced</small>
| /bʱ/ || /gʘʱ/
| /dʱ/ || /gǀʱ/
| /dɮʱ/ || /gǁʱ/
| /g!ʱ/ || /gǂʱ/
| /gʱ/ || /ɟʱ/
|
|-
!rowspan="2"|Fricative
!<small>voiceless</small>
| /f/ || /fʲ/
| /s/ || /sʲ/
| /ɬ/ || /ɬʲ/
| /ɧ/ || /ʂ/
| /x/ || /ç/
| /h/
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
| ||
| /z/ || /zʲ/
| /ɮ/ || /ɮʲ/
| /ɧ̬/ || /ʐ/
| /ɣ/ || /ʝ/
|
|-
!colspan=2| Trill
| ||
| /r/ || /r̝/
| ||
| ||
| ||
|
|-
!colspan=2| Approximant
| /w/ || /ɥ/
| ||
| /l/ || /ʎ/
| ||
| || /j/
|
|}
 
===Medials===
The medial is optional. There is one possible medial, /w~ɥ/.
===Nucleus===
There are three possible nuclei: /a/, /ə/ and zero. The nuclei display a range of different realizations depending on the phonetic environment:
*/a/ is realized as:
**/ɑ/ after a broad labialized consonant
**/æ/ after a palatal consonant, palatal click or /ɥ/
**/a/ otherwise
*/ə/ is realized as:
**/ɔ/ after a broad labialized consonant
**/e/ after a palatal consonant, palatal click or /ɥ/, or with /-j/ coda
**/ə/ otherwise
*Zero nucleus is realized as:
**/u/ if the medial is /w/
**/y/ if the medial is /ɥ/
**/ɨ/ if the medial is zero and initial is a dental click, a retroflex or a broad velar
**/i/ if the medial is zero, for other initials
 
===Coda===
The coda is optional. There are seven possible finals in {{PAGENAME}}: /m n ŋ l r w j/.
===Tones===
 
===Mutations===
<poem>
seimhiu
/p, ʘ/ > /f(ʲ)/
/pʰ, ʘʰ/ > /f(ʲ)/
/b, gʘ, m, ŋʘ/ > /w, ɥ/
/t, |/ > /h/
/d, g|/ > /ɣ, j/
/tʰ, |ʰ/ > /h/
/!, ǂ, !ʰ, ǂʰ/ > /ɧ, ɧʲ/
/g|, gǂ/ > voiced sj
/k, c, kʰ, cʰ/ > /x, ç/
/g, gʲ/ > /ɣ, j/
/s, sʲ/ > /x, ç/
 
uru:
/p, ʘ/ > /b gʘ/ > /m, ŋʘ/
/pʰ ʘʰ/ > /m̊ ŋ̊ʘ/
/t, |/ > /d, g|/ > /n, ŋ|/
/tʰ, |ʰ/ > /nʰ, ŋʰ|/
/!, ǂ/ >  /g!, gǂ/ > /ŋ!, ŋǂ/
/!ʰ, ǂʰ/ > /ŋʰ!, ŋʰǂ/
/k, c/ >/g, gʲ/ > /ŋ, ŋʲ/
/s, sʲ/ > /z, zʲ/ (spelled ns)
</poem>
 
==Grammar==
===Nouns===
Nouns inflect for two cases, nominative and genitive. The genitive derives from the Ancient Wiebian dative.
====Definite article ''ein'' (''an'')====


{| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style=" text-align: center;"
''Ba fhaomh-saigh le çeedh'' = If you like it
|-
! style="width: 90px;" | Number
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px;" | Singular
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px;" | Plural
|-
! style="width: 90px;" | Gender
! | Masculine
! | Feminine
! | Masculine
! | Feminine
|-
! Nominative
| ''ein'' (''an'') || ''eine'' (''an''-L) || ''einen'' (''na''-N) || ''einer'' (''na''-L)
|-
! Genitive
| ''eines'' (''an''-H) || ''einer'' (''na''-L) || ''einens'' (''na''-H) || ''einen'' (''na''-N)
|-
! Vocative
| ''ei'' (''a''-L) || ''ei'' (''a''-L) || ''l'ei'' (''la''-S) || ''l'ei'' (''la''-S)
|}


==Sample text==
===Tower of Babel===
:''Pugh çedh yaus nqar ņiamh tso txuabh çhaor 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.


{| class="greentable lightgreenbg" style=" text-align: center;"
:''Roomh lu yoo las jhugh dle [hyoch mhar], [ka nfemh] re txuabh tçhaoch ibh yaus [njo qiagh] Xi-Na, pugh re txuabh cheich hmoi nblaun.''
|-
:when CLF PL person travel eastward then
! style="width: 90px;" | Number
:As the people moved eastward...
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px;" | Singular
! colspan="2" style="width: 200px;" | Plural
|-
! style="width: 90px;" | Gender
! | Masculine
! | Feminine
! | Masculine
! | Feminine
|-
! Nominative
| ''an càe''<br/>''an ák'' || ''an fhyéong''<br/>''an èul'' || ''na càe''<br/>''na t-ák'' || ''na fhyéong''<br/>''na èul''
|-
! Genitive
| ''an hcáe''<br/>''an h-àk'' || ''na fhyéong''<br/>''na èul'' || ''na hcàe''<br/>''na h-ák'' || ''na bhfyéong''<br/>''na n-èul''
|-
! Vocative
| ''a cháe''<br/>''a àk'' || ''a fhyéong''<br/>''a èul'' || ''la chàe''<br/>''la ák'' || ''la fhyéong''<br/>''la èul''
|}


==Lexicon==
[[Category:Quihum languages]][[Category:Tricin]][[Category:Languages]]
*bhò-N - from
*na-N - ''bhò + an''
*''Ŧú Teatham Ŧathaigh''
[[Category:Gamedan languages]][[Category:Pfeunic languages]][[Category:Wiebic languages]][[Category:Hussmauch]][[Category:Pseudo-Celtic]]

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lees ndoigh Komh
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SettingVerse:Tricin
Native toBjeheond
Hlou-Shum
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4 (English: /koʊ/, natively lees ndoigh Komh /li noi kɔ/ (TBA: tone)) is a language spoken in Bjeheond; as a Hlou-Shum language, it's related to Hlou. It is a monosyllabic tonal language inspired by Hmong, Irish, Manx, and English. Like Irish, Ko has initial consonant mutations.

Todo

Motivation: "Sinospheric Irish" or "Hmoob read by an Irish speaker"

  • Explain: lexical mutation in Hlou, grammatical mutation in Ko
    • 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
  • bach = small, meer = big
  • hleubh = to love (hlub means "to love" in Hmong)
  • kein = archaic negative word
  • ein = emphasis/'rather'
  • koobh = good
  • cu = copper

Phonology

4 has fewer initials than Hlou, due to initial mutations.

Phonotactics

C + V + tone

Initials

m n ņ l nl r y w = /m n ɲ l (dark l) r j w/

hm hn hņ hl hr hy hw = /ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰl ʰr ç (voiceless w)/

p t tç ts tx c k q b d j g = /h t ts (Basque ts) tʃ c k q b d ɟ g/

pl bl tl dl = /hl bl tl dl/

ph th tçh 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 ntç 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 ç s x = /f s (Basque s) ʃ/

nf nç ns nx, also fh çh 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 i u ai ei oi au eu iə uə/

Tones

9 tones:

  • -Ø: mid level
  • -ch: glottal stop final
  • -s: low falling
  • -r: low rising
  • -gh: low breathy
  • -mh: creaky
  • -bh: mid rising
  • -dh: high falling
  • -n: high level

Grammar

Ko is SVO and head-initial. Mutations often operate on a syntactic basis.

Nouns

plural word: yoo-L (placed after classifier but before noun)

Pronouns

  • xan = I
  • çeedh = you

Classifiers

Classifiers were historically a very open class. They always eclipse the following noun.

lu, tzagh, hņoobh, lees, çua, yaus, ...

  • lu = humans, gods
    • faon = a man; lu nfaon = the man (classifier lu)
  • tçagh = animals, demons
    • plaidh = a dog; tçagh nplaidh = the dog (classifier tçagh)
    • tçagh Nja Ber Woch = a demon in Ko mythology
  • hņoobh = tall objects such as trees, buildings
    • qo = a tree; hņoobh nqo the tree
  • çua: infinitive
    • dor = is born; çua ndor = to be born (inf.)
  • lobh: food, edible plants
  • zail: inedible plants
  • lees = nominalization, way of X-ing
    • doigh = 'to speak'; lees ndoigh 'language'
  • In archaic language: fancy apparently ad-hoc classifiers for different animals and fruits (cf. English murder of crows except "murder" is a classifier)

Verbs

ba = subjunctive marker

Ba fhaomh-saigh le çeedh = If you like it

Sample text

Tower of Babel

Pugh çedh yaus nqar ņiamh tso txuabh çhaor 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.
Roomh lu yoo las jhugh dle [hyoch mhar], [ka nfemh] re txuabh tçhaoch ibh yaus [njo qiagh] Xi-Na, pugh re txuabh cheich hmoi nblaun.
when CLF PL person travel eastward then
As the people moved eastward...