2,341
edits
Kimow: Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
Jukethatbox (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Jukethatbox (talk | contribs) mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
| 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. | | pronunciation = kʰím.ǒʊ]<br>[kʰǐm.ɑ̄w | ||
| creator = User:Jukethatbox | | creator = User:Jukethatbox | ||
| created = 2024 | | created = 2024 | ||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
| notice = ipa | | notice = ipa | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Kimow'''(/kiːmoʊ/, ''kimow''; <small>Kimow:</small> [[Help:IPA|[kʰím. | '''Kimow'''(/kiːmoʊ/, ''kimow''; <small>Kimow:</small> [[Help:IPA|[kʰím.ǒʊ]]] 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=== | ||