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(Created page with "{{Infobox language family | creator = Chuvachok1234 | name = Koabi | region = North of Central island | family = One of the world's primary language families | protoname = Proto-Koabi | map = File:Koabi-Map.png }} Koabi is small language family spoken in the north of central island. ==Phonology== Proto Koabi Consonants, reconstructed by Pele Potseghos: {| class="wikitable" style="margin:autmargin:auto;" |+caption | Consonant phonemes |- ! colspan="2" rowspan="1...")
 
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==Pronouns==
==Pronouns==
Pele Potseghos reconstructs following pronouns for Proto Koabi:
Pele Potseghos reconstructs following pronouns for Proto Koabi:
{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:autmargin:auto;"
{| class="wikitable"
| I || kio || we || kii
| I || kio || we || kii
|-
|-
| thou || bia || you || bie
| thou || bia || you || bie
|}
|}
==Proto-language==
Proto-Koabi basic vocabulary, reconstructed by Pele Rotseghos:
{| class="wikitable
! 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

Revision as of 17:05, 6 July 2023

Koabi
Created byChuvachok1234
Geographic
distribution
North of Central island
Linguistic classificationOne of the world's primary language families
Proto-languageProto-Koabi
Koabi-Map.png

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 five vowel system: *i *e *a *o *u. 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"

Pronouns

Pele Potseghos reconstructs following pronouns for Proto Koabi:

I kio we kii
thou bia you bie

Proto-language

Proto-Koabi basic vocabulary, reconstructed by Pele Rotseghos:

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