Archive:Hux Kham language
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The Hux Kham language, also called the Lakelandish, is the language spoken by the Hux Kham people, it is the official language of the Republic of Hux Kham, and is one of the two official languages of the Confederation of Ebo Nganagam.
Information below is mainly based on the Modern Standard Hux Kham language.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |
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| Trill | ||||||||||||
| Flap or tap | ||||||||||||
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| Lateral app. | ||||||||||||
| Lateral flap |
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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| Close | |||||
| Near-close | |||||
| Close-mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open-mid | |||||
| Near-open | |||||
| Open |
Phonotactics
Orthography
Grammar
Morphology
Morphology, the Hux Kham language is largely analytic, however, there is still a small class of verbs that do conjugate according to persons, they are called "Conjugatable verbs".
All aux verbs and several other verbs are Conjugatable verbs, however, the class of Conjugatable verbs is a closed class, that means, there can be no new Conjugatable verbs.
Syntax
Theorically, the Hux Kham language is a V2 language, finite verbs come second in main clauses, however, as most verbs require an aux verb, Hux Kham language is effectively a SOV language.
Adpositions are postpositions, they come after the noun they modify.
Relative clauses are internally-headed.