User:IlL/Spare pages 1/8
| IlL/Spare pages 1/8 | |
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| hmý Liài | |
| Created by | IlL, Praimhín |
| Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Hlou-Ku
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Liai (English: /li:aɪ/ lee-EYE; natively hmý Liài) is a Hlou-Ku language inspired by Hmong, Lithuanian and Mandarin.
Phonology
Consonants
Initials:
p b f v t d tl dl s c dz š č dž r l k g kr gr x h m n l r /pʰ b f v tʰ d tɬʰ dɮ s tsʰ dz ʃ tʃʰ dʒ r l kʰ g kʰr gr x h m n l r/ (all in hard/soft pairs); j /j/
mp mb mf nt nd ntl ndl nc ndz nč ndž nk ng nkr ngr nl nr = prenasalized consonants
hm hn hl hr = voiceless m n l r
Finals: just /ʔ/ (written -k)
Vowels
a/ia i u/iu = tense /a i u/
ai au iai iau ie uo iuo = as in Lithuanian
uoi ieu = /uəj iəw/
y ye yeu = nonpalatalizing i ie ieu
ą ią į ų ių = nasal vowels
Tones
Tones: a á à ã = level rising falling nasal; The entering tone (tone is suppressed with a glottal stop final) is written as the level tone.
Sample text
Ndriauk Šiuoi = The weeping cricket