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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
| name = Kimow | | name = Kimow | ||
| nativename = kimow | | nativename = kimow | ||
| altname = Kimau<ref>Original exonym of the language before widespread English-based romanisation, now only used in German in the form of *kimauisch*.</ref> | | altname = Kimau<ref>Original exonym of the language before widespread English-based romanisation, now only used in German in the form of *kimauisch*.</ref> | ||
| pronunciation = kʰím.ôʊ]<br>[kʰǐm.ɑ̄w | | pronunciation = kʰím.ôʊ]<br>[kʰǐm.ɑ̄w | ||
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| created = 2024 | | created = 2024 | ||
| familycolor = language isolate | | familycolor = language isolate | ||
| dia1 = Kimo dialects | | dia1 = Kimo dialects | ||
** Igkin dialects | ** Igkin dialects | ||
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** Mukku (†)<ref>Mostly extinct, some elderly speakers still exist.</ref> | ** Mukku (†)<ref>Mostly extinct, some elderly speakers still exist.</ref> | ||
| dia2 = Wakki dialects | | dia2 = Wakki dialects | ||
| notice = ipa | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''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. | '''Kimow'''(/kiːmoʊ/, ''kimow''; <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=== | ||
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! Close | ! Close | ||
| i | | i || || <span style="color:blue">ɯ</span><ref>Allophone of [m] in initial position.</ref> <span style="color: red">u</span><ref>In Wakki dialects, the [u] is substituted by [w] in most cases.</ref> | ||
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! Close-mid | |||
| e ø || <span style="color:green">ɘ<ref name="closemidcentral"></ref> ɵ</span><ref name="closemidcentral">Both are variants of [e] and [ø] in Kimo and Wakki dialects.</ref> || <span style="color:red">o</span> | |||
|- | |||
! Open | |||
| a <span style="color:green">œ</span><ref>Alternative allophone of /ø/, though [ø] is still more widely used.</ref> || || <span style="color:blue">ɑ</span><ref>Wakki variant of Kimo [o].</ref> | |||
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===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||