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|setting = [[Verse: | |setting = [[Verse:Schngellstein]] | ||
|region = Bjeheond | |region = Bjeheond | ||
|familycolor=hmong-mien | |familycolor=hmong-mien | ||
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'''Shum''' (''shoom''; native name ''llhau syuun'') is a | '''Shum''' (''shoom''; native name ''llhau syuun'') is a tonal language inspired by Marathi, Hmong and one of Inthar's old sketches, Reber Wiebian. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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===Registers=== | ===Registers=== | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
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===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Shum is completely isolating and head-initial. | |||
* '' | * ''tlan'' (I), ''mhais'' (boat) ⇒ ''mhais tlan'' (my boat) | ||
* ''ruub'' (eye), ''be'' (water) ⇒ ''be ruub'' (tears) | * ''ruub'' (eye), ''be'' (water) ⇒ ''be ruub'' (tears) | ||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
Shum pronouns are based on rank, not person or gender. (''tlan'' is used only in textbooks) | |||
==Numbers== | ==Numbers== | ||