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IOL 2018 Problem #2 Hakhun

Here are some sentences in Hakhun and their English translations:

1. ŋa ka kɤ ne — Do I go?

2. nɤ ʒip tuʔ ne — Did you_sg sleep?

3. ŋabə ati lapkʰi tɤʔ ne — Did I see him?

4. nirum kəmə nuʔrum cʰam ki ne — Do we know you_pl?

5. nɤbə ŋa lapkʰi rɤ ne — Do you_sg see me?

6. tarum kəmə nɤ lan tʰu ne — Did they beat you_sg?

7. nuʔrum kəmə ati lapkʰi kan ne — Do you_pl see him?

8. nɤbə ati cʰam tuʔ ne — Did you_sg know him?

9. tarum kəmə nirum lapkʰi ri ne — Do they see us?

10. ati kəmə ŋa lapkʰi tʰɤ ne — Did he see me?

(a) Translate into English:

11. nɤ ʒip ku ne

12. ati kəmə nirum lapkʰi tʰi ne

13. tarum kəmə nuʔrum cʰam ran ne

14. nirum kəmə tarum lan ki ne

15. nirum kəmə nɤ cʰam tiʔ ne

16. nirum ka tiʔ ne

(b) Translate into Hakhun:

17. Did I beat you_sg?

18. Did they see me?

19. Does he know you_sg?

20. Do you_pl sleep?

⚠ Hakhun belongs to the Sal branch of the Sino-Tibetan family. It is spoken by approx. 10 000 people in the extreme East of India and the neighbouring districts of Myanmar. ə and ɤ are vowels. cʰ, kʰ, ŋ, tʰ, ʒ and ʔ are consonants.

—Peter Arkadiev