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'''Liai''' (''šiãu Liài''?) is a Hlou-Ku language inspired by Hmong, Lithuanian and Mandarin.
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|nativename = hmỳ Liaĩ
|pronunciation= 
|setting = [[Verse:Tricin]]
|region = Šiau Liaĩ, in Bjeheond
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|fam1=[[Hlou-Shum languages|Hlou-Shum]]
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'''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=
p b f v t d tl dl s c dz š č dž r l k g kr gr h m n l r /p b f v t d tɬ dɮ s ts dz ʃ tʃ dʒ r l k g kr gr h m n l r/ (all in hard/soft pairs); j /j/
==Consonants==
Initials:


mp mb mf nt nd ntl ndl nc ndz ndž nk ng nkr ngr nl nr = prenasalized consonants
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 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


Tones: a á à ã = level rising falling creaky
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.
==Inflectional morphology==
Yes, you've read that right: Liai has inflections.
===Nouns===
Cases: direct/genitive? nominative/oblique?
 
declension classes
 
crazy classifiers that change depending on number


Vowels: a ia ai iai iau i u iu ie uo iuo as in Lithuanian; y ye is nonpalatalizing i ie
===Verbs===
Tense inflection?


ą ią į ų ių = nasal vowels
==Sample text==
'''Ndriauk Šiuoi''' /ⁿɖʐɐʊk ʃʲūɔj/ = The weeping cricket / The cricket weeps


Finals: just 0 and ʔ
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