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Hlou vocabulary is mostly native. Many words can't be related to words in other Hlou-Shum languages, however. | Hlou vocabulary is mostly native. Many words can't be related to words in other Hlou-Shum languages, however. | ||
===Four- | ===Four-character phrases=== | ||
Hlou, like Chinese, has "4-character phrases". | |||
*Ntzuh Vöhn Schraus Ndob = the best laid schemes of mice and men (lit. schemes of mouse and plans of man) | *Ntzuh Vöhn Schraus Ndob = the best laid schemes of mice and men (lit. schemes of mouse and plans of man) | ||
*Ndleiß Beig Gluhn Schnoh = opulent luxury (lit. gold, gem, carmine, spice) | |||
==Poetry== | ==Poetry== | ||
[Under construction. The poems are gibberish and are meant to illustrate the rhyme scheme.] | [Under construction. The poems are gibberish and are meant to illustrate the rhyme scheme.] |
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