Izîmo

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Introduction

Izîmo /i.zɪ̆.mo/ is a language of the Izomonic Languages spoken in the islands of Southeastern Tunisia, The Izomonic Languages can be classified as Indo-European, although few evidence supports this claim.

Numbers

Numbers are mainly adjectives, used for explaining exactly how many of certain item there are.

  • 1: Okĺna
  • 2: Disâle
  • 3: Tékâni
  • 4: Pedó
  • 5: Febîya
  • 6: Séxo
  • 7: Sató
  • 8: Ohńlê
  • 9: Jńla
  • 10: Dósîqa

Phonology

Unique to the Izîmonic Languages, Zimo has voiced Palatalized Palatal Plosives.

Consonants

Labial Dental / Alveolar Lab. Dental Palatal Velar Uvular Lab. / Vel. / Uvu. patal Lab. / Vel. / Aspirated Lab. / Vel. / Patal Aspirated Glottal
Nasal /m/ m /n/ n /ɲ/ q
Voiced Stop /ɟ/ j /g/ g /ɟʲ/ jy, /ɡʲ/ gy /ɟʰ/ jh, /ɡʰ/ gh /ɟʲʰ/ jyh, /ɡʲʰ/ gyh
Voiceless Stop /p/ p /q/ k /qʲ/ ky
Voiced Fricative /β/ b /ð/ d, /z/ z /x/ x
Voiceless Fricative /θ/ t /f/ f /h/ h
Flap / Trill /ʀ/ r
Lateral /l/ l /ʎ/ y
  • Izîmo has 9 different Syllabics /l̩ l̩ː l̩̆ m̩ m̩ː m̩̆ n̩ n̩ː n̩̆/ ĺ l̋ l̂ ḿ m̋ m̂ ń n̋ n̂

Stress

Izîmo has phonetic stress, 3 different stresses;

  • Short
  • Normal
  • Long

Vowels

Front Stress Short Front Stress Normal Front Stress Long Back Stress Short Back Stress Normal Back Stress Long
/ɪ̆/ î /i/ i /iː/ í
/ɛ̆/ ê /e/ e /eː/ é /ɤ̆/ ô /o/ o /oː/ ó
/æ̆/ â /a/ a /aː/ á

Phonotactics

The language is a (V)CV(CV)(CV) language.