User:IlL/Spare pages 1/4
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Hlou-Ku
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4 (English: /ku:/, natively Kuam /kuː/ (-m is a tone letter)) 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 = /m n ɲ l r j/
hm hn hny hl hr = /ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰl ʰr/
p t tz ts tx c k q b d j g = /p t 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 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 ʒ/
v = /w/
Rimes
a i u w e o aa ee oo ia ua = /a ɪ ə u e o oa ea au i ɨ/
Tones
8 tones: (tone letters should correspond to Hlou tones)
-0 -s -r -bh -dh -gh -mh -nn (~ Hlou -0 -s/-ß -r -b -d -g -n?)
Grammar
Parts of speech are not very distinct from each other in 4. A content word will take clitics and possibly mutations depending on its syntactic function, which includes whether it serves as a noun, verb or an adverb.
Mutations
fwnn = a man
li fhwnn = the man (classifier li)
plidh = a dog
tzagh nplidh = the dog (classifier tzagh)
dor = is born
zua ndor = to be born (inf.)