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== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
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=== Vowels ===
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High || {{IPA|i}} || {{IPA|y}} || || || || || || || || {{IPA|u}}
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High || style="background:LightSalmon" | {{IPA|i}} || style="background:LightSteelBlue" | {{IPA|y}} || || || || || || || || style="background:LightSalmon" | {{IPA|u}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High-mid || {{IPA|e}} || {{IPA|ø}} || || || {{IPA|ɘ}} || || || || || {{IPA|o}}
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| High-mid || style="background:LightSalmon" | {{IPA|e}} || style="background:LightSteelBlue" | {{IPA|ø}} || || || style="background:LightSteelBlue" | {{IPA|ɘ}} || || || || || style="background:LightSalmon" | {{IPA|o}}
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low-mid || {{IPA|ɛ}} || || || || || || || || ||  
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low-mid || style="background:LightSteelBlue" | {{IPA|ɛ}} || || || || || || || || ||  
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-low || {{IPA|æ}}  
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Near-low || style="background:LightSteelBlue" | {{IPA|æ}}  
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low || || || || || || || || || {{IPA|ɑ}} ||
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Low || || || || || || || || || style="background:LightSalmon" | {{IPA|ɑ}} ||
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Lhueslue features vowel harmony. Each vowel belongs to one of two groups: tense (marked in red in the table above) or lax (marked with blue). The vowels are paired together in the follwing way:<br><br>
{{IPA|i}} - {{IPA|ɘ}}<br>
{{IPA|u}} - {{IPA|y}}<br>
{{IPA|e}} - {{IPA|ɛ}}<br>
{{IPA|o}} - {{IPA|ø}}<br>
{{IPA|ɑ}} - {{IPA|æ}}<br>
=== Tones ===
Lhueslue has three tones: low, mid and high. The mid tone is the most common one. The low tone may be realized as falling, and high can be realized as rising.
=== Allophony ===
The high tone turns its vowel long, and the low tone turns it half-long.
== Grammars ==
=== Verbs ===
The verbs have three tenses: past, present and future. The present tense is unmarked while past and future are marked with suffixes.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Verb class
! Suffix
! Example
|-
| Tense or lax, ends with -e or -ee
| -q
| eze (move) > ezeq (moved); chyuelee (think) > chyueleeq (thought)
|-
| Tense, ends with anything else than -e
| -eq
| buzeyted (roll) > buzeytedeq (rolled)
|-
| Lax, ends with anything else than -ee
| -eeq
| eelùe (sleep) > eelùeeeq (sleeped)
|}
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The future tense is formed simalarly, except with -xh instead of -q as the final consonant.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Verb class
! Suffix
! Example
|-
| Tense or lax, ends with -e or -ee
| -xh
| eze (move) > ezexh (will move); chyuelee (think) > chyueleexh (will think)
|-
| Tense, ends with anything else than -e
| -exh
| buzeyted (roll) > buzeytedexh (will roll)
|-
| Lax, ends with anything else than -ee
| -eexh
| eelùe (sleep) > eelùeeexh (will sleep)
|}
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Lhueslue
Lhueslue
Spoken in:
Conworld:
Total speakers:
Genealogical classification:
Lhueslue
Basic word order: VOS
Morphological type:
Morphosyntactic alignment: nominative-accusative
Writing system:
Created by:
Qwynegold


Phonology

Consonants

Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Dental Alveolar Post-alv. Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasals m n ŋ
Plosives p b t d k g q
Affricates tʃ
Fricatives f v θ s z ʃ ʒ ɕ x χ h
Trills r
Approximants ɻ j w
Lateral Approximant l̪͆ l

Vowels


Vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High i y u
High-mid e ø ɘ o
Low-mid ɛ
Near-low æ
Low ɑ

Lhueslue features vowel harmony. Each vowel belongs to one of two groups: tense (marked in red in the table above) or lax (marked with blue). The vowels are paired together in the follwing way:

i - ɘ
u - y
e - ɛ
o - ø
ɑ - æ

Tones

Lhueslue has three tones: low, mid and high. The mid tone is the most common one. The low tone may be realized as falling, and high can be realized as rising.

Allophony

The high tone turns its vowel long, and the low tone turns it half-long.

Grammars

Verbs

The verbs have three tenses: past, present and future. The present tense is unmarked while past and future are marked with suffixes.

Verb class Suffix Example
Tense or lax, ends with -e or -ee -q eze (move) > ezeq (moved); chyuelee (think) > chyueleeq (thought)
Tense, ends with anything else than -e -eq buzeyted (roll) > buzeytedeq (rolled)
Lax, ends with anything else than -ee -eeq eelùe (sleep) > eelùeeeq (sleeped)


The future tense is formed simalarly, except with -xh instead of -q as the final consonant.

Verb class Suffix Example
Tense or lax, ends with -e or -ee -xh eze (move) > ezexh (will move); chyuelee (think) > chyueleexh (will think)
Tense, ends with anything else than -e -exh buzeyted (roll) > buzeytedexh (will roll)
Lax, ends with anything else than -ee -eexh eelùe (sleep) > eelùeeexh (will sleep)


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