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 ("pa topa" "three dog").


 * pa topa
 * three dog
 * "three dogs"

Ordinal numbers come after nouns ("table three").


 * topa pa
 * dog three
 * "third dog"