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'''Kimow'''(/kiːmoʊ/, <small>Kimow | '''Kimow'''(/kiːmoʊ/, <small>Kimow:</small> [[Help:IPA|[kʰím.ôʊ]]] or [[Help:IPA|[kʰǐm.ɑ̄w]]]), also(but less commonly) called '''Kimau''', is a language isolate that is notorious for the fact that the majority of its words are homonyms, meaning they have various meanings. For example, the name of the language, Kimow, can mean "Kimow"(adj.), "the Kimow language", "the Kimow people", "an ethnic Kimow", "a Kimow speaker(so not necessarily an ethnic Kimow)", "a member of the Kimow diaspora", "Kimow food" or "a Kimow city". There are also only two main dialects, the Kimo and the Wakki, and their homonymic meanings differ greatly at times, making mutual understanding difficult. Tone and phonology vary slightly as well, though not as greatly and are thus more mutually intelligible. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== |
Revision as of 22:33, 11 April 2024
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kimow/kimàw | |
Pronunciation | [kʰím.ôʊ] [kʰǐm.ɑ̄w] |
Created by | Jukethatbox |
Date | 2024 |
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Standard form | Standard Igkin Kimo
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Kimow(/kiːmoʊ/, Kimow: [kʰím.ôʊ] or [kʰǐm.ɑ̄w]), also(but less commonly) called Kimau, is a language isolate that is notorious for the fact that the majority of its words are homonyms, meaning they have various meanings. For example, the name of the language, Kimow, can mean "Kimow"(adj.), "the Kimow language", "the Kimow people", "an ethnic Kimow", "a Kimow speaker(so not necessarily an ethnic Kimow)", "a member of the Kimow diaspora", "Kimow food" or "a Kimow city". There are also only two main dialects, the Kimo and the Wakki, and their homonymic meanings differ greatly at times, making mutual understanding difficult. Tone and phonology vary slightly as well, though not as greatly and are thus more mutually intelligible.
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Vowels
Red sounds are exclusive to Kimo dialects, while blue sounds are exclusive to Wakki dialects. Green sounds are exclusive to Igkin dialects, which although are a subset of Kimo dialects, do have some different sounds. Black sounds are in all sets of dialects.
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