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Mois de Crouet /mø̌ dē 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 gn l r = /p b t d k g f v s ʃ ts tʃ x m n ɲ ŋ R/

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/

at et it ot ut ait aiet ouet = a e i o u ɛ eə oə + glottal stop

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

Tones: 0 n ne s ns (e)nt

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 before plural nouns.