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| nativename = kimow | | nativename = kimow | ||
| altname = Kimau<ref name="kimau">Original exonym of the language before widespread English-based romanisation, now only used in German in the form of *kimauisch*.</ref> | | altname = Kimau<ref name="kimau">Original exonym of the language before widespread English-based romanisation, now only used in German in the form of *kimauisch*.</ref> | ||
| pronunciation = | | pronunciation = ˈkʰím.ǒʊ]<br>[ˈkʰǐm.ɑ̄w | ||
| creator = User:Jukethatbox | | creator = User:Jukethatbox | ||
| created = 2024 | | created = 2024 | ||
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| dia1 = Kimo dialects | | dia1 = Kimo dialects | ||
** Igkin dialects | ** Igkin dialects | ||
*** | *** Kemḥu Kka | ||
** 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 | ||
| script1 = Latn | |||
| notice = ipa | | notice = ipa | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Kimow'''(/kiːmoʊ/, ''kimow''; <small>Kimow:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ | '''Kimow'''(/kiːmoʊ/, ''kimow''; <small>Kimow:</small> [[Help:IPA|[ˈkʰím.ǒʊ]]] or [[Help:IPA|[ˈkʰǐm.ɑ̄w]]]), also(but less commonly) called '''Kimau''',<ref name="kimau"></ref> 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=== | ||
Kimow uses its own version of the [[w:Latin alphabet|Latin alphabet]] for writing. | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | |||
|+ Vowels + pulmonic consonants | |||
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! Letter<br>(Maj-min) | |||
| A a || B b || C c || D d || E e || F f || G g || H h || Ḥ ḥ || I i || K k || Ḵ ḵ || L l || M m || N n || O o || P p || S s || T t || U u || W w || V v || Y y || Z z | |||
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! IPA | |||
| a || bʱ || c || dʱ || e<br><span style=color:green>ɘ</span> || f || gʱ<br>ʔ<ref>When placed before /k/.</ref> || h || ɦ || i || kʰ || q || l || m || n<br>ŋ<ref>Before a velar plosive only.</ref> || <span style=color:red>o</span><br><span style=color:blue>ɑ</span> || pʰ || s || tʰ || colspan=2 | u/ʊ<br><span style=color:blue>w</span> || v || j || z | |||
|} | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Aside from Wakki dialects using [w] as a replacement for [u] and [ʊ], consonants do not vary at all between Kimow speakers. | Aside from Wakki dialects using [w] as a replacement for [u] and [ʊ], consonants do not vary at all between Kimow speakers. | ||
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! aspirated | ! aspirated | ||
| pʰ bʱ || || tʰ dʱ || || | | pʰ bʱ || || tʰ dʱ || || ˈkʰ gʱ || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! ejective/glottalised<ref name="ejective">See [[Kimow#Ejective controversy]].</ref> | ! ejective/glottalised<ref name="ejective">See [[Kimow#Ejective controversy]].</ref> | ||
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! rowspan=2 | Approximant | ! rowspan=2 | Approximant | ||
! normal | ! normal | ||
| || || || || w<ref name=ʊ></ref> || || | | || || || j || w<ref name=ʊ></ref> || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! lateral | ! lateral | ||