Verse:Mwail/Nuaplw
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'Nuaplw is one of the few indigenous Angai North American languages to survive with many speakers post-contact.
Originally animistic, the Nuaplw at first convert to Sfipsurtop, but after the Āínkiīaánịạkàì-Sfipsurtop war they become largely irreligious.
Lexicon
- kaka (n) 'crow'
Phonology
A Hmong-inspired phonology:
m n ny l y p pl t tl tx ts r c k q np npl nt ntl ntx nts nr nc nk nq f x s xy h
i w u e a o ee aa oo ia ua ai aw au
Loan phonemes from Fursfop: ii uu i' u' e' o' (glottalized vowels) z (retroflex approximant or trill)
Xi'swto' 'Sfipsurtop'
Grammar
Head-marking