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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 yousg sleep?
 * 3. ŋabə ati lapkʰi tɤʔ ne — Did I see him?
 * 4. nirum kəmə nuʔrum cʰam ki ne — Do we know youpl?
 * 5. nɤbə ŋa lapkʰi rɤ ne — Do yousg see me?
 * 6. tarum kəmə nɤ lan tʰu ne — Did they beat yousg?
 * 7. nuʔrum kəmə ati lapkʰi kan ne — Do youpl see him?
 * 8. nɤbə ati cʰam tuʔ ne — Did yousg 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 yousg?
 * 18. Did they see me?
 * 19. Does he know yousg?
 * 20. Do youpl 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