Luai [LUAI]
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Language type
International Auxiliary Language (IAL)
Species
Human/humanoid
About Luai
Trans-Himalayan (Tibeto-Burman) auxlang, specifically centered around Bodic, Burmic and South-Central Trans-Himalayan ("Kuki-Chin"). Most of the words are from Proto-Tibeto-Burman (preferably roots having reflexes in Written Tibetan, Written Burmese, Nuosu, and/or Mizo) with affixes removed and a couple small sound changes for simplicity, and sentence structure is usually calqued on Burmese.
Sample of Luai[view] Laktui pa-tik kuakno ra shei ma?
Can I have a cup of tea, please?[view all texts]
Can I have a cup of tea, please?[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeSino-Tibetan
⤷ Proto-Sino-Tibetan
⤷ Tibeto-Burman
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Luai
⤷ Proto-Sino-Tibetan
⤷ Tibeto-Burman
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Luai[view] About Sino-TibetanThe Sino-Tibetan languages are a large, widespread family of East and Southeast Asia. The most widely spoken Sino-Tibetan languages are the Sinitic languages, which includes all varieties of Chinese, adding up to over a billion speakers. The remainin...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | s | z | ʃ | h | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Luai. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| LuaiOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | Cc/t͡s/ | CH ch/t͡ʃ/ | Dd/d/ | Ee/e/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ |
| Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Oo/o/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ss/s/ |
| SH sh/ʃ/ | SS ss/z/ | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/d͡z/ | ZH zh/d͡ʒ/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||
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