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| creator = Chuvachok1234 | | creator = Chuvachok1234 | ||
| name = Koabi | | name = Koabi | ||
| region = North of | | region = North of Mimi island | ||
| family = One of the world's primary language families | | family = One of the world's primary language families | ||
| protoname = [[Proto-Koabi]] | | protoname = [[Proto-Koabi]] | ||
| map = | | map = Mimi-Map.png | ||
| mapsize = 280px | |||
| mapcaption = 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 | Koabi is small language family spoken in the north of island called "Mimi". | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Proto Koabi Consonants, reconstructed by Pele Potseghos: | Proto Koabi Consonants, reconstructed by Pele Potseghos: | ||
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Proto-Koabi had simple four vowel system: *i *e *a *o. 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". | 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: | Consonants correspondances: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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Pele Potseghos reconstructs following pronouns for Proto Koabi: | Pele Potseghos reconstructs following pronouns for Proto Koabi: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| I || kio || we || kii | | I || *kio || we || *kii | ||
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| thou || | | 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-language== | ||
{{Infobox proto-language | {{Infobox proto-language | ||
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| food || *nii | | food || *nii | ||
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[[Category:Language_families]][https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JFAUYZLAGtlcuajXmOtudsLDabXyBLelCy_at6NWAjw/edit?usp=sharing Link to a spreadsheet which includes Lexicon, Grammar and sound changes] | |||