User:IlL/Spare pages 1/7
| IlL/Spare pages 1/7 | |
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| mois de la Crouet | |
| Created by | IlL, Praimhín |
| Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Hlou-Shum
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Clooa (natively mois de la Crouet /mø̌ dē lā qòəʔ/ 'language of the Clooa people'; Clooa is the Eevo name, pronounced /ˈkʟɔʊə/ or in English KLOH-uh) is a Hlou-Shum language inspired by Hmong, French and Aramaic. The word mois (language) is cognate with Tlu χμωωβ.
Todo
- entroix = bubble
- bin = house
- jaine = now
- dois = to play (an instrument)
- jaicq = noise
- soi = I
- zine = you
- choucq = live
- daux = what
- Jaicq entroix tain zo daux jaine? = What is this bubble noise, now?
Phonology
p b t d c g f v z s tz ts ch h m n gn l r j = /p b t d k g f v s ʃ ts tʃ x h m n ɲ ŋ ʀ j/
Cr = pharyngealized versions of p, b, t, d, c, g, f, v, z, s, tz, ts, ch, m, n; /kˁ gˁ xˁ/ are effectively /q ɢ χ/
a e i o u ai oi ui ou eu au aie oue = /a e i o u ɛ ø y ow ew aw eə oə/
Tones:
- 0 = mid level
- n = falling
- ne = low
- s = rising
- ns = dipping
- (e)nt = stød
- cq = glottal stop, high tone
at et it ot ut ait aiet ouet = a e i o u ɛ eə oə + glottal stop, low tone
oux eux aux aix oix uix = /owkp ewkp awkp ɛwkp økp ykp/
em-/en- = prenasalization
Tone sandhi
Morphology
Clooa is VSO or VOS with the difference being tone sandhi on the subject after the verb.
la = plural particle
Nouns
A few Clooa nouns have separate construct state forms.
The word for "of" is du before singular nouns, and de la before plural nouns.
Pronouns
| Person | Singular | Dual | Plural |
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| 1 | soi | ||
| 2 | zine | ||
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