Kimow

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Kimow
Kimau[1]
kimow
Pronunciation[kʰím.ôʊ]
[kʰǐm.ɑ̄w]
Created byJukethatbox
Date2024
Standard form
Standard Igkin Kimo
Dialects
  • Kimo dialects
    • Igkin dialects
      • Standard Igkin
      • Kemhu Kka
    • Mukku (†)[2]
  • Wakki dialects

Kimow 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.

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  1. ^ Original exonym of the language before widespread English-based romanisation, now only used in German in the form of *kimauisch*.
  2. ^ Mostly extinct, some elderly speakers still exist.