Imou [IMU]
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Language type
Mixed
Species
Human/humanoid
About Imou
Imou is a personal and fictional artistic language, with a priori and a posteriori elements, constructed for personal propouses by Hilario Mireles in Mexico City.
Sample of Imou[view] Er Bōreas cē er Īli pȳ illomu rōggēste īnemabarom, ūsē dis luben sim camāgā pȳlani variend elevaimic. / Ec protuc illomu pȳ ax āfdo pȳlā toccaimic meeim milerancirom, illu rōggēste isseram. / Ūsē Bōreas mōs rōggīēs ōs ȳ pottaim fareim, mēd cuoto plū fariam, er ōs luben mōg ā pȳlani samabam, gāben er Bōreas ec namōggen lūgeimic. Er lābē Īli rōggie...[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Epiglottal | Glottal | |||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ʔ | |||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | [x]1 | χ | ʁ | ʕ | ʢ | h | |||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
Flap | ɾ |
- allophone of /ʃ/
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Back | |||
Close | i | u | ||||
Near-close | ʏ | |||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||
Open | a |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Imou. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
ImouOrthography | ||||||||
' ǫacimō /ʔ/ | Aa āba /a/ | Bb bīta /b/ | Cc cīma /k/ | Dd dīta /d/ | Ee ēda /e/ | Ff fēda /f/ | Gg gāria /g/ | GG gg/ŋ/ |
Ii īta /i/ | Ll lāmma /l/ | Mm mī /m/ | Nn nī /n/ | Ǫǫ ǫāmma /ʁ/, /h/, /ʕ/, /ʢ/ | Oo ōpa /o/ | Pp pī /p/ | Rr rē /ɾ/ | Ss sīcca /s/ |
Tt tō /t/ | Uu ūla /u/ | Vv vūla /v/ | Xx xī /ʃ/, [x] | Yy ȳnna /ʏ/ | Zz zeta /z/ | Ƕƕ ƕāmma /χ/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |