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tles ndoigh Kuamh
Created by	IlL
Setting	Verse:Tricin
Language family	Hlou-Ku IlL/Spare pages 1/4

4 (English: /ku:/, natively tles ndoigh Kuamh /tle noi ku/ (TBA: tone)) is a language spoken in Bjeheond; as a Hlou-Ku language, it's related to Hlou. It is a monosyllabic tonal language inspired by Hmong and Irish. Like Irish, it has initial consonant mutations.

Todo

• Explain: lexical mutation in Hlou, grammatical mutation in Ku
  • Hlou lexical mutation could have arisen from a grammatical mutation system where the particles fell away
• dor = to be born ~ Hlou Ndol 'person'

Phonology

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

Phonotactics

C + V + tone

Initials

m n ny l r y v = /m n ɲ l r j w/

hm hn hny hl hr hy hv = /ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰl ʰr ç (voiceless w)/

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

pl bl tl dl = /pl bl tl dl/

ph th tzh 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 ntz nts ntx nc nk nq nb nd nj ng = /b d dz dʒ (voiced Basque ts) ɟ g ɢ m n ɲ ŋ/

npl nbl ntl ndl /bl ml dl nl/

f z s x h = /f s (Basque s) ʃ h/

nf nz ns nx, also fh zh sh xh = /v z (voiced Basque s) ʒ/

Rimes

a i ao u e o aa ee oo ai ei au ia ua = /a ɪ ɨ ʊ e o oa ea oa ai ei au i u/

Tones

9 tones:

-0 -s -r -bh -dh -gh -mh -n -ch

Grammar

Lots of mutating words

Mutations

plural word: yoo

faon = a man

li fhaon = the man (classifier li)

plaadh = a dog

tzagh nplaadh = the dog (classifier tzagh)

qo = a tree

hnyoobh qo the tree

dor = is born

zua ndor = to be born (inf.)

Sample text

Tower of Babel

Pugh baan yaus char nyiamh tson txuabh zhaor aon tles ndoigh kiabh aon tles ntlaar.

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.