User:IlL/Spare pages 1/4
4 (English: /ku:/, natively Kuam /kɨː/ (tone TBA)) is a language spoken in Bjeheond; 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
- dor = to be born ~ Hlou Ndol 'person'
Phonology
4 has fewer initials and fewer vowels than Hlou, but more tones.
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 ts tx k q b d g = /p t ts tʃ k q b d g/
pl bl tl dl = clusters
ph th tsh txh kh qh bh dh gh = /f θ s ʃ x χ v ð ɣ/
phl bhl thl dhl
np nt nts ntx nk nq nb nd ng = /b d dz dʒ g G m n ŋ/
npl nbl ntl ndl
f s x h = /f s ʃ h/
nf ns nx = /v z ʒ/
v z j = /v z ʒ/
Rimes
a i u w e o aa ee oo ia ua = /a ɪ ə u e o oa ea au i ɨ/
Tones
11 tones: (tone letters should correspond to Hlou tones)
-0 -b -d -g -s -m -r -bh -dh -gh -mh
These tones come in pairs:
- -b -d -g -m
- -bh -dh -gh -mh
- ~ Hlou tones -b, -d, -g, -n
"Entering" tones:
- -0 -s -r
- ~ Hlou tones -0, -s/-ß, -l
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.