Koabi languages

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Koabi
Created byChuvachok1234
Geographic
distribution
North of Mimi 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 island called "Mimi".

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". 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
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Reconstruction ofKoabi 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