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| hmỳ Liaĩ | |
| Created by | IlL, Praimhín |
| Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Hlou-Shum
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Liai (English: /li:aɪ/ lee-EYE; natively hmỳ Liaĩ /ʰmɨ̂ lʲɐɪ(breathy)/) is a Hlou-Shum language inspired by Hmong, Lithuanian and Mandarin.
Phonology
Consonants
Initials:
p b v t d tl dl tr dr s c z š č ž r l k g kr gr ch h m n l r /pʰ b v tʰ d tɬʰ dɮ ʈʰ ɖ s tsʰ dz ʃ tʃʰ dʒ r l kʰ g kʰr gr x h m n l r~ɭ~ɽ/ (all in hard/soft pairs; soft tr/dr and hard x/q/j are both pronounced like the Polish cz/dż series); j /j/
mp mb nt nd ntl ndl ntr ndr nc nz nč nž nk ng nkr ngr nl nr = prenasalized consonants
hm hn hl hr = voiceless m n l r
Finals: just /k/
Vowels
a/ia i u/iu = tense /a i u/
ai au iai iau ie uo iuo = as in Lithuanian
uoi iuoi ieu = /uəj ʲuəj iəw/
y ye yeu = nonpalatalizing i ie ieu
Tones
Tones: a á à ã = level rising falling breathy; tone is suppressed with a -k final.
Inflectional morphology
Yes, you've read that right: Liai has inflections.
Nouns
Cases: direct/genitive? nominative/oblique?
declension classes
crazy classifiers that change depending on number
Verbs
Tense inflection?
Sample text
Ndriauk Šiuoi /ⁿɖʐɐʊk ʃʲūɔj/ = The weeping cricket / The cricket weeps