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)
  • 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.

p t ṭ ḱ k b d ḍ ǵ g z (basque z) s (basque s) x tz ts tx m n ṇ ń sm sn sṇ sń y r l w

Coda

Postfinal consonants (at least to account for Ku):

-x (laryngeal), -n

Tones?

2 or 3 tones?