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==Nouns==
==Nouns==
A few Mois du Crouet nouns have separate construct state forms.
A few Mois de la Crouet nouns have separate construct state forms.


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

Revision as of 03:54, 15 February 2018

Mois de la Crouet /mø̌ dé lá 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 h m n gn l r j = /p b t d k g f v s ʃ ts tʃ x h m n ɲ ŋ ʀ j/

Cl, Cr = pharyngealized versions of p, b, t, d, c, g, f, v, ß, s, tß, ts, ch, m, n; /kˁ gˁ xˁ/ are effectively /q ɢ χ/

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

ou eu au = /ow ew aw/


Tones:

  • 0 = 55
  • n = 31
  • ne = 11
  • s = 25
  • ns = 313
  • (e)nt = 3ˀ1 (stød)

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

oux eux aux oix uix = ou eu au oi ui with unreleased -kp final (allophonic variation of final glottal stop)

em-/en- = prenasalization

Morphology

la = plural particle

Nouns

A few Mois de la Crouet nouns have separate construct state forms.

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