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==Bän Ntli dialect==
==Bän Ntli dialect==
it has ë ëi ëh before we merged them into other vowels)
it has ë ëi ëh before we merged them into other vowels)
===Vowels===
Hlou has 5 basic vowel qualities, but also has a number of diphthongs and nasal vowels.
a e i o u ä ë ö = /a ɛ i ɔ u ã ɛ̃ ɔ̃/
ah eh ih oh uh äh ëh öh = /aʔ eʔ .../ [only occurs with -Ø, -n tones]
ei ëi au äu = /əi ə̃i əu əũ/
===Consonants===
Hlou has about 65 initials.
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center"
|+ '''Hlou initials'''
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Labial
! rowspan="2" | Lamino-<br/>dental
! colspan="2" | Apico-<br/>alveolar
! rowspan="2" | Post-<br/>alveolar
! colspan="2" | Retroflex
! colspan="2" | Velar
! rowspan="2" | Labio-<br/>velar
! rowspan="2" | Glottal
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! <small>plain</small>
! <small>lateral</small>
! <small>plain</small>
! <small>lateral</small>
! <small>plain</small>
! <small>lateral</small>
! <small>plain</small>
! <small>lateral</small>
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! rowspan="2" |Nasal
! <small>voiceless</small>
| '''schm''' m̥
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| '''schn''' n̥
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! <small>voiced</small>
| '''m''' m
| '''ml''' mˡ
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| '''n''' n
| '''nl''' nˡ
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| '''nr''' ɳ
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! rowspan="4" |Plosive
! <small>tenuis</small>
| '''b''' p
| '''bl''' pˡ
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| '''d''' t
| '''dl''' tˡ
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| '''dr''' ʈ
| '''drl''' ʈˡ
| '''g''' k
| '''gl''' kˡ
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| |ʔ
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! <small>aspirated</small>
| '''p''' pʰ
| '''pl''' pˡʰ
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| '''t''' tʰ
| '''tl''' tˡʰ
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| '''tr''' ʈʰ
| '''trl''' ʈˡʰ
| '''k''' kʰ
| '''kl''' kˡʰ
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! rowspan="2" |<small>prenasalized</small>
| '''mb''' ᵐb
| '''mbl''' ᵐbˡ
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| '''nd''' ⁿd
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| '''ndr''' ᶯɖ
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| '''ng''' ᵑɡ
| '''ngl''' ᵑɡˡ
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| '''mp''' ᵐpʰ
| '''mpl''' ᵐpˡʰ
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| '''nt''' ⁿtʰ
| '''ntl''' ⁿtˡʰ
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| '''ntr''' ᶯʈʰ
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| '''nk''' ᵑkʰ
| '''nkl''' ᵑkˡʰ
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! rowspan="4"|Affricate
! <small>tenuis</small>
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| '''dz''' ts̪
| '''ds''' ts̺
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| '''dx''' tʃ
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! <small>aspirated</small>
| '''pf''' pɸ
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| '''tz''' ts̪ʰ
| '''ts''' ts̺ʰ
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| '''tx''' tʃʰ
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! rowspan="2"|<small>prenasalized</small>
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| '''ndz''' ⁿdz̪
| '''nds''' ⁿdz̺
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| '''ndx''' ⁿdʒ
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| '''mpf''' ᵐpɸ
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| '''ntz''' ⁿts̪ʰ
| '''nts''' ⁿts̺ʰ
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| '''ntx''' ⁿtʃʰ
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! rowspan="2" |Continuant
! <small>voiceless</small>
| '''f''' f
| '''fl''' fˡ
| '''z''' s̪
| '''s''' s̺
| '''schl''' ɬ
| '''x''' ʃ
| '''schr''' ʂ
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| '''sch''' ɧ
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| '''schw''' ʍ
| '''h''' h
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! <small>voiced</small>
| '''v''' v
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| '''l''' l
| '''j''' ʒ
| '''r''' ʐ~ɻ
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| '''w''' w
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|}
===Tone===
{{PAGENAME}} has 7 tones, indicated by final letters in Schngellstein's orthography.
{|class="bluetable lightbluebg"
! Orthography
! Tone
! Example
|-
| ∅
| mid level / mid checked (33~32)
| ''lau'' /ləu˧/ 'to plant'
|-
| '''-n'''
| low level / low checked (21~11)
| ''laun'' /ləu˨˩/ 'to smile'
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| '''-b'''
| high level / high falling (55~53)
| ''Laub'' /ləu˥˧/ 'spring (season)'
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| '''-d'''
| dipping / low falling (313~31)
| ''Laud'' /ləu˧˩˧/ 'shoe'
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| '''-g'''
| breathy mid level (33 + breathy)
| ''laug'' /lə&#804;u˧/ 'to knit'
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| '''-s'''
| rising (24)
| ''laus'' /ləu˨˦/ 'to receive'
|-
| '''-ß'''
| broken rising (3ˀ5)
| ''Lauß'' /ləu˧ˀ˥/ 'wrinkle'
|}
Approximate tone frequencies (among non-entering tone syllables): b > s ~ 0 > n > ß ~ g > d
Tone split from breathy voice < voiced stops


==Orthography==
==Orthography==