Kimow

Kimow
Kimau
kimow/kimàw
Pronunciation	[kʰím.ôʊ] [kʰǐm.ɑ̄w]
Created by	Jukethatbox
Date	2024
Language family	language isolate Kimow
Standard form	Standard Igkin Kimo
Dialects	Kimo dialects Igkin dialects Standard Igkin Kemhu Kka Mukku (†) Wakki dialects

Kimow(/kiːmoʊ/, Kimow(Kimo): [kʰím.ôʊ]) 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

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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