Hlou-Shum languages

Hlou-Ku languages/Lexicon

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)
  • Clooa (Italic)
  • Liai (Balto-Slavic)
  • Shumian (Indo-Iranian)
  • Tlu (Greek)
  • lone polysynthetic nontonal Hlou-Ku language

Phonology

Phonotactics

(unstressed prefix) + (C)C[r/l]V(C)(C) + tone (?)

Unstressed prefixes were lost in some descendants, such as Ku.

Initials

~30 consonants:

p t ṭ ḱ k ʔ b d ḍ ǵ g f v z s x h tz ts tx dz ds dx m n ṇ ń y r l w (z, s as in Basque)

s-series > ɬ-series in some descendants

Ku and Clooa gain uvulars through velars + r/l.

Nuclei

a e i o u ə ai au əi əu iə uə - a few more vowels for Liai

Hlou will merge ai/au with əi/əu > lots of ei/au! <3

Coda

Allowed finals: just -ŋ, -k, -h, -ʔ

Postfinal consonants (at least to account for Ku):

-əx (laryngeal), -ən

Tones

2 or 3 tones