Izîmo
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.
Consonants
| Labial | Dental / Alveolar | Lab. Dental | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Lab. / Vel. / Uvu. patal | Lab. / Vel. / Aspirated | Lab. / Vel. / Patal Aspirated | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | /m/ m | /n/ n | /ɲ/ q | |||||||
| Voiced Stop | /ɟ/ j | /g/ g | /ɟʲ/ jy, /ɡʲ/ gy | /ɟʰ/ jh, /ɡʰ/ gh | /ɟʲʰ/ jyh, /ɡʲʰ/ gyh | |||||
| Voiceless Stop | /p/ p | /q/ k | /qʲ/ ky | |||||||
| Voiced Fricative | /β/ b | /ð/ d, /z/ z | /x/ x | |||||||
| Voiceless Fricative | /θ/ t | /f/ f | /h/ h | |||||||
| Flap / Trill | /ʀ/ r | |||||||||
| Lateral | /l/ l | /ʎ/ y |
- Izîmo has 9 different Syllabics /l̩ l̩ː l̩̆ m̩ m̩ː m̩̆ n̩ n̩ː n̩̆/ ĺ l̋ l̂ ḿ m̋ m̂ ń n̋ n̂
Stress
Izîmo has phonetic stress, 3 different stresses;
- Short
- Normal
- Long
Vowels
| Front Stress Short | Front Stress Normal | Front Stress Long | Back Stress Short | Back Stress Normal | Back Stress Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /ɪ̆/ î | /i/ i | /iː/ í | |||
| /ɛ̆/ ê | /e/ e | /eː/ é | /ɤ̆/ ô | /o/ o | /oː/ ó |
| /æ̆/ â | /a/ a | /aː/ á |
Phonotactics
The language is a (V)CV(CV)(CV) language.