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|creator = [[User:IlL|IlL]], [[User:Praimhín|Praimhín]]
|creator = [[User:IlL|IlL]], [[User:Praimhín|Praimhín]]
|name = {{PAGENAME}}
|name = {{PAGENAME}}
|nativename = hmỹ Liài
|nativename = hmỳ Liaĩ
|pronunciation=   
|pronunciation=   
|setting = [[Verse:Tricin]]
|setting = [[Verse:Tricin]]
|region = Šiau Liài, in Bjeheond
|region = Šiau Liaĩ, in Bjeheond
|familycolor=hmong-mien
|familycolor=hmong-mien
|fam1=[[Hlou-Ku languages|Hlou-Ku]]
|fam1=[[Hlou-Shum languages|Hlou-Shum]]
|script=
|script=
|iso3=
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'''Liai''' (English: /li:aɪ/ lee-EYE; natively ''hmỹ Liài'' /ʰmɨ̌ lʲɐ̂ɪ/) is a [[Hlou-Ku languages|Hlou-Ku language]] inspired by Hmong, Lithuanian and Mandarin.
'''Liai''' (English: /li:aɪ/ ''lee-EYE''; natively ''hmỳ Liaĩ'' /ʰmɨ̂ lʲɐɪ(breathy)/) is a [[Hlou-Shum languages|Hlou-Shum language]] inspired by Hmong, Lithuanian and Mandarin.


=Phonology=
=Phonology=
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Initials:
Initials:


p b f v t d tl dl tr dr s c dz š č 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 is like Polish cz/dż); j /j/
p b v t d tl dl tr dr s c z š č ž r l k g kr gr ch h m n l r /pʰ b 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 ndz ndž nk ng nkr ngr nl nr = prenasalized consonants
mp mb nt nd ntl ndl ntr ndr nc nz nk ng nkr ngr nl nr = prenasalized consonants


hm hn hl hr = voiceless m n l r
hm hn hl hr = voiceless m n l r
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ai au iai iau ie uo iuo = as in Lithuanian
ai au iai iau ie uo iuo = as in Lithuanian


uoi ieu = /uəj iəw/
uoi iuoi ieu = /uəj ʲuəj iəw/


y ye yeu = nonpalatalizing i ie ieu
y ye yeu = nonpalatalizing i ie ieu


ą ią į ų ių = nasal vowels
==Tones==
Tones: a á à ã = level rising falling breathy; tone is suppressed with a ''-k'' final.
==Inflectional morphology==
Yes, you've read that right: Liai has inflections.
===Nouns===
Cases: direct/genitive? nominative/oblique?


==Tones==
declension classes
Tones: a á à ã = level rising falling nasal; tone is suppressed with a ''-k'' final.
 
crazy classifiers that change depending on number
 
===Verbs===
Tense inflection?


==Sample text==
==Sample text==
'''Ndriauk Šiuoi''' /ⁿɖʐɐʊk ʃʲūɔj/ = The weeping cricket / The cricket weeps
'''Ndriauk Šiuoi''' /ⁿɖʐɐʊk ʃʲūɔj/ = The weeping cricket / The cricket weeps
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Liai]]
[[Category:Hlou-Shum languages]]
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