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Does nobody else find this confusing naming? How do you pronounce that, and does it sound like lua?

Will subsequent derived languages be called luaua and luauau?

Loo-ow or /ˈlu.aʊ/. [1]

Assuming it's the same as "luau", which is a traditional Hawaiian feast, or –more frequently– a catch-all term for Hawaii-themed parties. [2]

1. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luau#Pronunciation

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C5%AB%CA%BBau

in Lua the emphasys is in the 'u', in Luau its in 'a'

This is helpful but somehow also makes it worse

Not according to their own front page: "Luau (lowercase u, /ˈlu.aʊ/)". It would also be very unlikely, because it would make it different from the usual pronunciation of the word "luau" [1], which it seems to be making a pun with.

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luau

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