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'''Cuam''' (''shlản Củam'') is an [[Verse:Irta|Irtan]] Southeast Asian language in the [[Cuam-Flei]] family. Its loanwards are mainly from Middle Chinese, Mon-Khmer and [[Far East Semitic]]; more recently it has borrowed from French and modern Chinese languages. Cuam is official in Cuamland (''Fâimh doill-Chủam''). | '''Cuam''' (''shlản Củam'') is an [[Verse:Irta|Irtan]] Southeast Asian language in the [[Cuam-Flei]] family. Its loanwards are mainly from Middle Chinese, Mon-Khmer and [[Far East Semitic]]; more recently it has borrowed from French and modern Chinese languages. Cuam is official in Cuamland (''Fâimh doill-Chủam''). | ||
Cuam is inspired by Irish, Thai and Hmong. | Cuam is inspired by Irish, Thai and Hmong. | ||
Cuam-Flei is believed to have come from the Middle East, and have undergone tonogenesis after incorporation in the Southeast Asian sprachbund. Some linguists connect the name Cuam to the PIE root *ķoy-m- via an old substrate language closely related to [[Azalic]], which would make it cognate with the word "home". | Cuam-Flei is believed to have come from the Middle East, and have undergone tonogenesis after incorporation in the Southeast Asian sprachbund. Some linguists connect the name Cuam to the PIE root *ķoy-m- via an old substrate language closely related to [[Azalic]], which would make it cognate with the word "home". | ||