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A few Mois du Crouet nouns have separate construct state forms.
A few Mois du Crouet nouns have separate construct state forms.


The word for "of" is ''du'' before singular nouns, and ''de'' before plural nouns.
The word for "of" is ''du'' before singular nouns, and ''de la'' before plural nouns.

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Mois de la Crouet /mø̌ dē lā qoəʔ/ ('language of the Crouet people') is a Hlou-Ku language inspired by Hmong, French and Aramaic. The word mois (language) is cognate with Basement Greek χμωωβ.

Phonology

Based on Tíogall

p b t d c g f v ß s tß ts ch m n ṇ gn l r = /p b t d k g f v s ʃ ts tʃ x m n ɲ ŋ ʀ/

Cl, Cr = pharyngealized C's

j = /j/

a e i o u ai oi ui = /a e i o u ɛ ø y/

ou eu au = /ow ew aw/

oux eux aux oix uix = ou eu au oi ui with unreleased -kp final

Tones: 0 n ne s ns (e)nt

at et it ot ut ait aiet ouet = a e i o u ɛ eə oə + glottal stop (no tone)

em-/en- = prenasalization

Morphology

la = plural particle

Nouns

A few Mois du Crouet nouns have separate construct state forms.

The word for "of" is du before singular nouns, and de la before plural nouns.