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!  !! Bilabial !! Labiodental !! Dental !! Alveolar !! Retroflex !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal
!  !! Bilabial !! Labiodental !! Dental !! Alveolar !! Retroflex !! Retroflex Lateral !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal
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| Voiceless stop || '''p''' /p/ || || '''t''' /t̪/ || || '''ṭ''' /ʈ/ || '''c''' /c/ || '''k''' /k/ ||
| Voiceless stop || '''p''' /p/ || || '''t''' /t̪/ || || '''ṭ''' /ʈ/ || '''ṭḷ''' /ʈᶩ/ || '''c''' /c/ || '''k''' /k/ ||
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| Aspirated stop || '''ph''' /pʰ/ || || '''th''' /t̪ʰ/ || || '''ṭh''' /ʈʰ/ || '''ch''' /cʰ/ || '''kh''' /kʰ/ ||
| Aspirated stop || '''ph''' /pʰ/ || || '''th''' /t̪ʰ/ || || '''ṭh''' /ʈʰ/ || '''ṭḷh''' /ʈᶩʰ/ || '''ch''' /cʰ/ || '''kh''' /kʰ/ ||
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| Voiced stop || '''b''' /b/ || || '''d''' /d̪/ || || '''ḍ''' /ɖ/ || '''j''' /ɟ/ || '''g''' /ɡ/ ||
| Voiced stop || '''b''' /b/ || || '''d''' /d̪/ || || '''ḍ''' /ɖ/ || '''ḍḷ''' /ɖᶩ/ || '''j''' /ɟ/ || '''g''' /ɡ/ ||
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| Murmured stop || '''bh''' /bʰ/ || || '''dh''' /d̪ʰ/ || || '''ḍh''' /ɖʰ/ || '''jh''' /ɟʰ/ || '''gh''' /ɡʰ/ ||
| Murmured stop || '''bh''' /bʰ/ || || '''dh''' /d̪ʰ/ || || '''ḍh''' /ɖʰ/ || '''ḍḷh''' /ɖᶩʰ/ || '''jh''' /ɟʰ/ || '''gh''' /ɡʰ/ ||
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| Nasal || '''m''' /m/ || || '''n''' /n̪/ || || '''ṇ''' /ɳ/ || '''ñ''' /ɲ/ ||  ||
| Nasal || '''m''' /m/ || || '''n''' /n̪/ || || '''ṇ''' /ɳ/ || '''ṇḷ''' /ɳᶩ/ || '''ñ''' /ɲ/ ||  ||
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| Murmured nasal || '''mh''' /mʰ/ || || '''nh''' /n̪ʰ/ || || '''ṇh''' /ɳʰ/ || '''ñh''' /ɲʰ/ ||  ||
| Murmured nasal || '''mh''' /mʰ/ || || '''nh''' /n̪ʰ/ || || '''ṇh''' /ɳʰ/ || '''ṇḷh''' /ɳᶩʰ/ || '''ñh''' /ɲʰ/ ||  ||
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| Fricative || || || '''s''' /s/ || || '''ṣ''' /ʂ/ || '''ś''' /ç~ɕ/ || || '''h''' /h/
| Fricative || || || '''s''' /s/ || || '''ṣ''' /ʂ/ || || '''ś''' /ç~ɕ/ || || '''h''' /h/
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| Approximant || || '''v''' /ʋ/ || || || || '''y''' /j/ || ||
| Approximant || || '''v''' /ʋ/ || || '''l''' /l/ || || '''ḷ''' /ɺ̢/ || '''y''' /j/ || ||
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| Murmured approximant || || '''vh''' /ʋʰ/ || || || || || ||
| Murmured approximant || || '''vh''' /ʋʰ/ || || '''lh''' /lʰ/ || || '''ḷh''' /ɺ̢ʰ/ || || ||
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| Lateral || || || '''l''' /l/ || || '''ḷ''' /ɺ̢/ || || ||
| Trill || || || || '''r''' /r/ || || || || ||
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| Murmured lateral || || || '''lh''' /lʰ/ || || '''ḷh''' /ɺ̢ʰ/ || || ||
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| Voiceless laterally released stop ||  || ||  || || '''ṭḷ''' /ʈᶩ/ ||  || ||
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| Aspirated laterally released stop || || || || || '''ṭḷh''' /ʈᶩʰ/ || || ||
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| Voiced laterally released stop ||  || || || || '''ḍḷ''' /ɖᶩ/ || ||  ||
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| Murmured laterally released stop ||  || || || || '''ḍḷh''' /ɖᶩʰ/ ||  ||  ||
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| Laterally released nasal || || || || || '''ṇḷ''' /ɳᶩ/ || || ||
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| Murmured laterally released nasal || || || || || '''ṇḷh''' /ɳᶩʰ/ || || ||
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| Trill || || || || '''r''' /r/ || || || ||
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Revision as of 07:35, 24 February 2018

Shum
śùm lhau
Created byIlL, Praimhín
SettingVerse:Tricin
Hlou-Ku
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Shumian (native name śùm lhau) is a Hlou-Ku language inspired by Marathi, Hmong and one of IlL's old sketches, Reber Wiebian.

Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Initials

Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Retroflex Retroflex Lateral Palatal Velar Glottal
Voiceless stop p /p/ t /t̪/ /ʈ/ ṭḷ /ʈᶩ/ c /c/ k /k/
Aspirated stop ph /pʰ/ th /t̪ʰ/ ṭh /ʈʰ/ ṭḷh /ʈᶩʰ/ ch /cʰ/ kh /kʰ/
Voiced stop b /b/ d /d̪/ /ɖ/ ḍḷ /ɖᶩ/ j /ɟ/ g /ɡ/
Murmured stop bh /bʰ/ dh /d̪ʰ/ ḍh /ɖʰ/ ḍḷh /ɖᶩʰ/ jh /ɟʰ/ gh /ɡʰ/
Nasal m /m/ n /n̪/ /ɳ/ ṇḷ /ɳᶩ/ ñ /ɲ/
Murmured nasal mh /mʰ/ nh /n̪ʰ/ ṇh /ɳʰ/ ṇḷh /ɳᶩʰ/ ñh /ɲʰ/
Fricative s /s/ /ʂ/ ś /ç~ɕ/ h /h/
Approximant v /ʋ/ l /l/ /ɺ̢/ y /j/
Murmured approximant vh /ʋʰ/ lh /lʰ/ ḷh /ɺ̢ʰ/
Trill r /r/

Rimes

  • aʔ iʔ uʔ ahᵃ ihⁱ uhᵘ with mid (33) and low (22) tones (spelled a i u ah ih uh)
  • a: e: i: o: u: ai au am~ã: im~ĩ: um~ũ: with mid (33), low (21), rising (25), falling (41), dipping (313 with creaky voice on the 1), and high dipping tone (434) tones (spelled ā e ī o ū ai au am im um)

Tones

Tone Mid Low Rising Falling Dipping High dipping
Spelling a à á â ä ǎ

Old Shumian

Old Shumian had a much simpler sound system, with fewer consonants and no tones. The phonotactics though were more complicated; Old Shumian words could begin with up to three consecutive consonants.

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Shumian is completely isolating and head-final.

  • ṇā̀ (I), mhäi (boat) ⇒ ṇā̀ mhäi (my boat)
  • rúm (eye), be (water) ⇒ rúm be (tears)

Pronouns

Shumian pronouns are based on rank, not person or gender. (ṇā̀ is used only in textbooks)

Numbers

Number Shumian
0
1
2 bhàḥ
3 vûṁ
4 pai
5 śaṁ
6 śū̂
7 nhai
8 rìṁ
9 lhiḥ
10
11 nā̌
12 ū
144 vī̈
1728 dhâu

Syntax

Word order is SVO; adjectives and relative clauses come before nouns; there are postpositions instead of prepositions; determiners and classifiers are placed before the noun; complementizers are head-initial.

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Lexicon

ṇḷhàḥ ← *sŋrasx 'fire'

Other resources