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[[ | [[Hlou-Shum languages/Lexicon]] | ||
The ''' | The '''Hlou-Shum languages''' ([[Eevo]]: ''bo brits Lloo-Cw''; [[Hlou]]: ''Schmë Ntzog Schlaub-Kug''; [[Ku]]: ''lees yoo ndoigh Hloobh-Kuamh'') are a small family of languages native to [[Verse:Tricin/Bjeheond]]. Most modern Hlou-Shum languages are tonal. The proto-language, '''Proto-Hlou-Shum''', is 2500 years old. The family is based on the idea of IE languages recast as Hmong-like languages. Hlou-Shum languages had much more importance in the past, but today [[Tsjoen]], [[Wiobian]] and [[Rhythoed]] are more dominant in Bjeheond. | ||
==Family tree== | ==Family tree== | ||
*Proto- | *Proto-Hlou-Shum | ||
**[[ | **[[Hlou]] (''Ntzog Schlaub'') | ||
**[[Ku]] (''lees ndoigh Koomh'') | **[[Ku]] (''lees ndoigh Koomh'') | ||
**[[Clooa]] (''Mois de la Crouet'') | **[[Clooa]] (''Mois de la Crouet'') | ||
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**[[Shumian]] (''llhau syuun'') | **[[Shumian]] (''llhau syuun'') | ||
**[[Tlu]] (χμωωβ Τλωδ) | **[[Tlu]] (χμωωβ Τλωδ) | ||
**[[Boaqaihoo]] (lone polysynthetic nontonal | **[[Boaqaihoo]] (lone polysynthetic nontonal Hlou-Shum language) | ||
===Timeline=== | ===Timeline=== | ||
Proto- | Proto-Hlou-Shum: 2500 years BP | ||
==Writing system== | ==Writing system== | ||
Proto- | Proto-Hlou-Shum was written with a system of logographs. Hlou, Ku and Shumian developed the logographs separately into their own writing systems. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
The typical Proto- | The typical Proto-Hlou-Shum word had the structure | ||
(preinitial) + (C)C(r/l)V(C)(C)<sup>tone</sup>. | (preinitial) + (C)C(r/l)V(C)(C)<sup>tone</sup>. | ||
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a e i o u ə ai au əi əu iə uə - a few more vowels for Liai | 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 | |||
Nasal vowels? | Nasal vowels? | ||
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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
Proto- | Proto-Hlou-Shum was head-initial like Vietnamese. | ||
===Derivation=== | ===Derivation=== | ||
*-l- infix? | *-l- infix? | ||
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==Reflexes== | ==Reflexes== | ||
===Initials=== | ===Initials=== | ||
pr, br > pʂ > pf in | pr, br > pʂ > pf in Hlou | ||
kr, gr > ch in | kr, gr > ch in Hlou | ||
===Rimes=== | ===Rimes=== | ||
Revision as of 01:59, 7 April 2018
The Hlou-Shum languages (Eevo: bo brits Lloo-Cw; Hlou: Schmë Ntzog Schlaub-Kug; Ku: lees yoo ndoigh Hloobh-Kuamh) are a small family of languages native to Verse:Tricin/Bjeheond. Most modern Hlou-Shum languages are tonal. The proto-language, Proto-Hlou-Shum, is 2500 years old. The family is based on the idea of IE languages recast as Hmong-like languages. Hlou-Shum languages had much more importance in the past, but today Tsjoen, Wiobian and Rhythoed are more dominant in Bjeheond.
Family tree
- Proto-Hlou-Shum
Timeline
Proto-Hlou-Shum: 2500 years BP
Writing system
Proto-Hlou-Shum was written with a system of logographs. Hlou, Ku and Shumian developed the logographs separately into their own writing systems.
Phonology
Phonotactics
The typical Proto-Hlou-Shum word had the structure
(preinitial) + (C)C(r/l)V(C)(C)tone.
Preinitials were unstressed, derivational prefixes and were lost without a trace in some descendants, such as Ku.
Some unstressed prefixes: nə-, rə-
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
Nasal vowels?
Coda
Allowed finals: just -ŋ, -k, -h, -ʔ
Cheshirized grammatical particles -> lenition, eclipsis in Ku
Tones
3 tones: high, mid, low
Grammar
Proto-Hlou-Shum was head-initial like Vietnamese.
Derivation
- -l- infix?
Reflexes
Initials
pr, br > pʂ > pf in Hlou
kr, gr > ch in Hlou