User:IlL/Spare pages 1/4
| IlL/Spare pages 1/4 | |
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| lees ndoigh Kuamh | |
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| Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Hlou-Ku
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4 (English: /ku:/, natively lees ndoigh Kuamh /leə noi ku/ (TBA: tone)) is a language spoken in Bjeheond; as a Hlou-Ku language, it's related to Hlou. It is a monosyllabic tonal language inspired by Hmong and Irish. Like Irish, it has initial consonant mutations.
Todo
- Explain: lexical mutation in Hlou, grammatical mutation in Ku
- Hlou lexical mutation could have arisen from a grammatical mutation system where the particles fell away
- dor = to be born ~ Hlou Ndol 'person'
- TODO: kl gl sk > q
Phonology
4 has fewer initials and fewer vowels than Hlou, due to initial mutations.
Phonotactics
C + V + tone
Initials
m n ny l r y v = /m n ɲ l r j w/
hm hn hny hl hr hy hv = /ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰl ʰr ç (voiceless w)/
p t tz ts tx c k q b d j g = /p t ts (Basque ts) tʃ c k q b d ɟ g/
pl bl tl dl = /pl bl tl dl/
ph th tzh tsh txh ch kh qh bh dh jh gh = /f θ s (Basque s) ʃ ç x χ v ð j ɣ/
phl bhl thl dhl /fl vl ɬ ɮ/
np nt ntz nts ntx nc nk nq nb nd nj ng = /b d dz dʒ (voiced Basque ts) ɟ g ɢ m n ɲ ŋ/
npl nbl ntl ndl /bl ml dl nl/
f z s x h = /f s (Basque s) ʃ h/
nf nz ns nx, also fh zh sh xh = /v z (voiced Basque s) ʒ/
Rimes
a i ao u e o ee oo ai ei oi au eu ia ua = /a ɪ ɨ ʊ ɛ ɔ ea oa ai ei oi au eu i u/
Tones
9 tones:
-0 -s -r -bh -dh -gh -mh -n -ch
Grammar
Ku is SVO and head-initial. Many function words in Ku trigger mutations.
Nouns
plural word: yoo
Classifiers
li-L, tzagh-N, hnyoobh, lees-N, zua-N, yaus-L, ...
faon = a man
li fhaon = the man (classifier li)
plaidh = a dog
tzagh nplaidh = the dog (classifier tzagh)
qo = a tree
hnyoobh qo the tree
dor = is born
zua ndor = to be born (inf.)
Sample text
Tower of Babel
- Pugh zedh yaus qhar nyiamh tso txuabh zhaor aon lees ndoigh kiabh aon lees ntlair.
- CONJ in CLF world whole PST give only one CLF language and one CLF speak
- And in the whole world there was one language and one way of speaking.