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hmỳ Liaĩ
Created by	IlL, Praimhín
Setting	Verse:Tricin
Language family	Hlou-Shum IlL/Spare pages 1/8

Liai (English: /li:aɪ/ lee-EYE; natively hmỳ Liaĩ /ʰmɨ̂ lʲɐɪ(breathy)/) is a Hlou-Shum language inspired by Hmong, Lithuanian and Mandarin.

Phonology

Consonants

Initials:

p b v t d tl dl tr dr s c z š č ž r l k g kr gr ch h m n l r /pʰ b v tʰ d tɬʰ dɮ ʈʰ ɖ s tsʰ dz ʃ tʃʰ dʒ r l kʰ g kʰr gr x h m n l r~ɭ~ɽ/ (all in hard/soft pairs; soft tr/dr and hard x/q/j are both pronounced like the Polish cz/dż series); j /j/

mp mb nt nd ntl ndl ntr ndr nc nz nč nž nk ng nkr ngr nl nr = prenasalized consonants

hm hn hl hr = voiceless m n l r

Finals: just /k/

Vowels

a/ia i u/iu = tense /a i u/

ai au iai iau ie uo iuo = as in Lithuanian

uoi iuoi ieu = /uəj ʲuəj iəw/

y ye yeu = nonpalatalizing i ie ieu

Tones

Tones: a á à ã = level rising falling breathy; tone is suppressed with a -k final.

Sample text

Ndriauk Šiuoi /ⁿɖʐɐʊk ʃʲūɔj/ = The weeping cricket / The cricket weeps