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Revision as of 20:40, 14 February 2018
The Hlou-Ku languages are a small family of languages native to Verse:Tricin/Bjeheond. Proto-Hlou-Ku is the proto-language.
Family tree
- Proto-Hlou-Ku
- Hlou (Germanic)
- Ku (Celtic)
- Mois du Crouet (Italic)
- Liai (Balto-Slavic)
- Shumian (Indo-Iranian)
- Basement Greek (Greek)
- lone polysynthetic nontonal Hlou-Ku language
Phonology
Phonotactics
(C)C[r/l]V(C)(C) + tone (?)
Initials
Likely had retroflexes or laterals (Hlou has trl drl)
Basque z vs. Basque s
No initial ŋ. Perhaps no ŋ at all.
Nuclei
Coda
Postfinal consonants (at least to account for Ku):
-x (laryngeal), -n
Tones?
2 or 3 tones?