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**[[Shumian]] ("Indo-Iranian") | **[[Shumian]] ("Indo-Iranian") | ||
**[[Tlu]] ("Greek") | **[[Tlu]] ("Greek") | ||
**lone polysynthetic nontonal Hlou-Ku language | **Boa'ai (lone polysynthetic nontonal Hlou-Ku language | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== |
Revision as of 22:40, 15 February 2018
The Hlou-Ku languages are a small family of languages native to Verse:Tricin/Bjeheond. Proto-Hlou-Ku is the proto-language. The family is based on the idea of IE languages recast as Hmong-like languages.
Family tree
- Proto-Hlou-Ku
Phonology
Phonotactics
(unstressed prefix) + (C)C[r/l]V(C)(C) + tone (?)
Unstressed prefixes were lost in some descendants, such as Ku.
Initials
~30 consonants:
p t ṭ ḱ k ʔ b d ḍ ǵ g f v z s x h tz ts tx dz ds dx m n ṇ ń y r l w (z, s as in Basque)
s-series > ɬ-series in some descendants
Ku and Clooa gain uvulars through velars + r/l.
Nuclei
a e i o u ə ai au əi əu iə uə - a few more vowels for Liai
Hlou will merge ai/au with əi/əu > lots of ei/au! <3
Coda
Allowed finals: just -ŋ, -k, -h, -ʔ
Postfinal consonants (at least to account for Ku):
-əx (laryngeal), -ən
Tones
2 or 3 tones