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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Standard===
===Standard (''Schlaub Bahn'')===
====Vowels====
====Vowels====
Hlou has 6 basic vowel qualities, but also has a number of diphthongs and nasal vowels.
Hlou has 6 basic vowel qualities, but also has a number of diphthongs and nasal vowels.
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Tone split from breathy voice < voiced stops
Tone split from breathy voice < voiced stops


===Bän Ntli dialect===
===''Schlaub Glaß''===
The Bän Ntli /pã˨˩ ⁿtɬʰi˧/ dialect is a non-standard dialect of Hlou.
The Schlaub Glaß dialect is a non-standard dialect of Hlou.
====Vowels====
====Vowels====
a e i o u ä ë ö = /a ɛ i ɔ u ã ɛ̃ ɔ̃/
a e i o u ä ë ö = /a ɛ i ɔ u ã ɛ̃ ɔ̃/
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====Consonants====
====Consonants====
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center"
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center"
|+ '''Bän Ntli initials'''
|+ '''Schlaub Glaß initials'''
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Labial
! colspan="2" | Labial
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====Tone====
====Tone====
Tones are the same as in standard Hlou, except that the ''d'' and ''g'' tones are merged into ''g''.
Tones are the same as in Schlaub Bahn, except that the ''d'' and ''g'' tones are merged into ''g''.


==Orthography==
==Orthography==
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:'''''Dahn mpfein so, ab dahn nkeiß Mbob so sein.'''''
:'''''Dahn mpfein so, ab dahn nkeiß Mbob so sein.'''''
:1PL love 3SG.A CONJ 1PL receive face 3SG.A PRES.PROG
:1PL love 3SG.A thus 1PL receive face 3SG.A PRES.PROG
:''We love him so we are welcoming him.''
:''We love him so we are welcoming him.''


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*los = inchoative
*los = inchoative
*man = emphatic
*man = emphatic
*wein = (literary) alas!
*wein = (literary) alas!, woe is...
**wein xan = woe is me
**Wein dahn, dsäus dahn do do hin. = Woe is us, for we have sinned. [a post-climate apocalypse motto]


===Conjunctions===
===Conjunctions===
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:From there the {{sc|Lord}} scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
:From there the {{sc|Lord}} scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
[[Category:Hlou-Shum languages]]
[[Category:Hlou-Shum languages]]
[[Category:Languages]]
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