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== Grammars ==
== Grammars ==
=== Nouns ===
=== Nouns ===
Liu has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. Masculine nouns usually end with -e or -o, and feminines with -a. Neuter nouns have no particular ending. There are four kinds of number: singular, plural, pair and uncountable. The pair, which is not the same as dual, is used about things that consists of two parts (like scissors, pants) or usually appear in pairs (such as gloves, eyes, twins).
Liu has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. Masculine nouns usually end with -e or -o, and feminines with -a. Neuter nouns have no particular ending. There are four kinds of number: singular, plural, pair and uncountable. The pair, which is not the same as dual, is used about things that consists of two parts (like scissors, pants) or usually appear in pairs (such as gloves, eyes, twins). The singular number has zero marking, while the others are formed by adding suffixes as below.


If word end with… Replace with…
{| border=1 style="text-align: center; background: white; border: 1pt solid #000000;"
-a -i
!colspan=17 style="text-align:center; background: white;"| Forming the plural
-e -i
|- style="vertical-align: center; width: 25px; font-size: 100%; height: 2em; border: 1pt solid #000000"
-á,é,i,ó,ú -í
! If word ends with...
-í ♂ -ío
! Replace with...
♀ -ía
|-
0 -íu
| -a
-o -oi
| -i
-u -ui
|-
consonant(s) 0 +i
| -e
♂ +o  
| -i
♀ +a
|-
multiple vowels -aia
| -á,é,i,ó,ú
| -í
|-
| rowspan=3 valign="top" | -í
| 0 -íu
|-
| ♂ -ío
|-
| ♀ -ía
|-
| -o
| -oi
|-
| -u
| -ui
|-
| rowspan=3 style="border-bottom:3px solid grey;" valign="top" | -C
| 0 +i
|-
| ♂ +o  
|-
| ♀ +a
|-
| -(V)VV
| -aia
|}

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Liu
Liu
Spoken in:
Conworld:
Total speakers:
Genealogical classification:
Liu
Basic word order:
Morphological type:
Morphosyntactic alignment: nominative-accusative
Writing system:
Created by:
Qwynegold


Phonology and phonotactics


Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Dental Alveolar Post-alv. Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasals m n
Plosives p b t d k g
Affricates, clusters and other ts ks kʷ
Fricatives f v s h
Approximants ɹ
Lateral Approximant l


Vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High i u
High-mid e o
Mid
Low-mid
Low a

The syllable structure is (C)(C)(C)V(V/ː)(C)(C). Liu has phonemic vowel and consonant length constrast. Stress is random.

Grammars

Nouns

Liu has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. Masculine nouns usually end with -e or -o, and feminines with -a. Neuter nouns have no particular ending. There are four kinds of number: singular, plural, pair and uncountable. The pair, which is not the same as dual, is used about things that consists of two parts (like scissors, pants) or usually appear in pairs (such as gloves, eyes, twins). The singular number has zero marking, while the others are formed by adding suffixes as below.

Forming the plural
If word ends with... Replace with...
-a -i
-e -i
-á,é,i,ó,ú -í
-í 0 -íu
♂ -ío
♀ -ía
-o -oi
-u -ui
-C 0 +i
♂ +o
♀ +a
-(V)VV -aia
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