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.
| Labial | Pal. Labial | Dental / Alveolar | Lab. Dental | Alveolo-Palatal | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Lab. patal | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | mʲ | n | nʷ | ɲ | ||||||
| Voiced Stop | b | bʲ | d | dʷ | ɟ | g | gʲ, ɟʲ | ||||
| Voiceless Stop | p | pʲ | t | tʷ | q | qʲ | |||||
| Voiced Sibilant Affricate | dʑ | ||||||||||
| Voiceless Sibilant Affricate | tɕ | ||||||||||
| Spirant Affricate | tθ | ʈʂ | |||||||||
| Voiced Sibilant Fricative | z | zʷ | ʑ | ||||||||
| Voiceless Sibilant Fricative | s | sʷ | ɕ | h | |||||||
| Spirant Fricative | f | fʲ | ʂ | ç ~ ɬ | χ ~ x | ||||||
| Flap / Trill | ⱱ ~ ʀʷ | ⱱʲ | ɾʲ | ɽ | (ʀ) | ||||||
| Lateral | ʎ | ɫ | (ʎʷ) | ɫʷ | |||||||
| Semivowel | j | ɥ | w |