Koabi languages
| Koabi | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Chuvachok1234 |
| Geographic distribution | North of Mimi island |
| Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
| Proto-language | Proto-Koabi |
 Map of the Koabi languages Ópi, Hōbe, Kob, Oebi, Kome, Sia, as well as neigbouring Kauke languages | |
Koabi is small language family spoken in the north of island called "Mimi".
Phonology
Proto Koabi Consonants, reconstructed by Pele Potseghos:
| 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". Some Scholars also reconstruct fricative *s in Pre-Proto-Koabi which was lost everywhere and appears in various loanwords, other(especially ones which try to link Koabi with other language families) reconstruct laryngeal *H because loanwords came from Proto-Koabi and s could be epenthetic consonants to break up multiple vowels in a word. Scholars universally reconstruct *w which became *b in Proto-Koabi. 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 | *bea | you | *bie |
As you can see Pronouns posses *io~*ii and *ea~*ie ablaut, which is retained by most of the descendants. Some sholars reconstruct it as being iso~i<j>so-j and esa~e<j>sa-j
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 |
Link to a spreadsheet which includes Lexicon, Grammar and sound changes