Koabi languages

Koabi
Created by	Chuvachok1234
Geographic distribution	North of Central island
Linguistic classification	One of the world's primary language families
Proto-language	Proto-Koabi

Koabi is small language family spoken in the north of central island.

Phonology

Proto Koabi Consonants, reconstructed by Pele Potseghos:

Consonant phonemes

		Labial	Dental	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		*m	*n
Stop	voiceless	*p	*t		*k
	voiced	*b
Approximant				*j

Proto-Koabi had simple four vowel system: *i *e *a *o. *u is also attested in loanwords such as *mu "neighbour", a loanword from Proto-Kauke mu˩ "neighbour". Syllable structure was (C)V and stress was on the first syllable of a word. Multiple vowels can be adjacent to each other like in *baoi "to speak". Consonants correspondances:

Proto-Koabi	Ópi	Hōbe	Kob	Oebi	Sia	Kome
*m	m	m	m	m	m	m
*n	n	n	n	n	n	n
*p	f	p-, -b-	f-, -v-	0-1, -p-	p	p-, -ɸ-
*b	p	b	b	0-1, -b-	b	m
*t	t	t	s-, -d-	t	t, s2	t-, -θ-, c͡ç2-, -ç-2
*k	0-, -k-	h	k-, -g-	0-1, -p-1, k	k, s2	k-, -x-, c͡ç2-, -ç-2
*j	s-, -t-	j	d-, -j-	j	s	n

¹Before o.
²Before i.

Pronouns

Pele Potseghos reconstructs following pronouns for Proto Koabi:

I	kio	we	kii
thou	bia	you	bie

Proto-language

Proto-Koabi
Created by	Chuvachok1234
Reconstruction of	Koabi languages

Proto-Koabi basic vocabulary, reconstructed by Pele Potseghos:

Meaning	Proto Koabi
person	*taa
animal	*eo
to see, to watch	*oami
to speak	*baoi
to know	*bato
to like	*jeti
to love	*poite
to find, to catch	*kajo
to want	*tiei
to need	*bobi
to kill, to destroy	*oki
meat	*ajota
fish	*pai
food	*nii