Luá
Elements
Some languages group words by gender; Luá groups words by element. To the people who speak Luá, the four elements are spirit, air, water, and earth. The beginning of each word indicates the element to which it belongs, and also tends to imply certain characteristics.
| Consonant | Element | Characteristics | Example |
| (none) | spirit | indefinite | oá (sky) |
| fh | air | soft | fhóa (cloud) |
| h | air | harsh | hùo (thunder) |
| rh | water | rough or light (infused with air) | rhaú (storm) |
| r | water | running, smooth | roû (fish) |
| l | water | flowing, joining | lûo (river) |
| n | earth | solid | nào (stone) |
| m | earth | heavy | muà (mountain) |
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