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.