Lhām

Vowels
Lhām has the classic 5-vowel system, and 2-way contrastive vowel length distinction.

Phonotactics
Lhām syllables are CVC. Fricatives and nasalized plosives are not allowed in the coda.

Nouns
Number is reflected on the article, but not on the noun itself. Articles much match the gender of their noun.

Verbs
The only TAM that Lhām has is aspect:
 * 1) perfective
 * 2) continuous
 * 3) habitual

Verbs must also match the gender (animacy) of the subject.

Numbers
Lhām uses a bijective system of base-10 numbers.


 * 1) hlā
 * 2) mim
 * pa
 * 1) yēp
 * 2) mpo
 * tō
 * 1) mbam
 * 2) nduf
 * 3) hat
 * le

Cardinal numbers come before nouns.

mim topa

two dog

"two dogs"

Ordinal numbers come after nouns.

topa mim

dog two

"second dog"