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{{Infobox language family
{{Infobox language family
| name        = Lahob
| name        = Lahob
| altname    = Lahobic
| altname    = Lahob-Imuniguronian; Lahobic
| setting    = [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]]
| setting    = [[Verse:Calémere|Calémere]]
| region      = northern Evandor and most of Márusúturon
| region      = most of Márusúturon
| protoname  = Proto-Lahob
| protoname  = Proto-Lahob
| familycolor = #E4CEFA
| familycolor = #E4CEFA
| fam1= One of the world's primary language families
| family = One of Calémere's primary language families
| child1      = Kenaywanic
| child1      = Kenaywanic
| child2      = Central Lahobic
| child2      = Central Lahobic
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| child6      = [[Chlouvānem]]
| child6      = [[Chlouvānem]]
}}
}}
The '''Lahob languages''' (also known as '''Lahou''', '''Lahobic''', '''Neshlenkentian''', or '''Lahob-Imuniguronian'''; Yeł. Lawo: ''tławiyuk dane''; Łaȟoḇarir: ''łaȟoḇu derä''; [[Chlouvānem|Chl.]] ''lahāvumi dældai''; [[Nordulaki|Nor.]]: ''zarkor Lahou'') are a large [[Verse:Calémere|Calémerian]] language family, most widely spoken on the continent of Márusúturon<ref>The only core Lahob-speaking territories in other continents, except for the coasts of Gurdugal, are the Kāyīchah islands (geographically in Védren) and a handful of small Tłašnelek-speaking villages in far eastern Gathuráni - an area whose actual classification as Evandor or Márusúturon is disputed.</ref>.
The '''Lahob languages''' (also known as '''Lahou''', '''Lahobic''', '''Neshlenkentian''', or '''Lahob-Imuniguronian'''; Yeł. Lawo: ''tławiyuk notłe''; Łaȟoḇaror: ''łaȟoḇu sorä''; [[Chlouvānem|Chl.]]: ''hūlisakhāni dhāḍai'' (rarely ''lahāvumi dhāḍai''; <small>[[Nordulaki|Nor.]]: ''þêukor Lahou'', [[Cerian|Cer.]]: ''šérošu Raó'' or ''Lahó''</small>) are a large [[Verse:Calémere|Calémerian]] language family, most widely spoken on the continent of Márusúturon<ref>The only core Lahob-speaking territories in other continents, except for the coasts of Gurdugal, are the Kāyīchah islands (geographically in Védren) and a handful of small Tłašnelek-speaking villages in far eastern Gathuráni - an area whose actual classification as Evandor or Márusúturon is disputed.</ref>.


There are six currently recognized living Lahob branches, often grouped in two macro-branches:
There are six currently recognized living Lahob branches, often grouped in two macro-branches:
* ''Northern Lahob'', ''Core Lahob'', or ''Lahob proper'' - an occasionally used, at least geographically relevant, category for the five non-Chlouvānem branches spoken in Northern Márusúturon:
* ''Northern Lahob'', ''Core Lahob'', or ''Lahob proper'' - an occasionally used, at least geographically relevant, category for the five non-Chlouvānem branches spoken in Northern Márusúturon (mainly the boreal country of Mersefêny):
** ''Kenaywanic languages'', spoken mainly in western Sprêny, including ...
** ''Kenaywanic languages'', spoken mainly in far western Mersefêny, including Łōplan and others, but also ''Kȯtıme&nbsp;Qoşazırme'', spoken at Taiga Crane Lake (Kȯt Qoşazırme) in central Kerbellion, the westernmost Core Lahob language and one of the most divergent.
** ''Central Lahobic languages'', spoken across the country of Peħlleit and a few communities in the far southwest (Konyzałay peninsula) of Koitrûx; including Łohof-aðá, Sulutamilian Minwan, ...
** ''Central Lahobic languages'', spoken in the Berkill basin and in a few communities in the far southwest (Konyzałay peninsula) of the Koitrûx peninsula; including Łohofál, Sulutamilian&nbsp;Minwan, Łokudár, Dal&nbsp;Ming&nbsp;Wang, and Tłowpedar.
** ''Łogawenek languages'', spoken in the countries of Ferbêny, most of Alêig, and moribund in far northern Soenyŏ-tave; including ...
** ''Łogawenek languages'', spoken in the Firap and Allak basins of Mersefêny, and moribund in far northern Soenjŏ-tave; including ...
** ''Nayzehenyn languages'', spoken mainly across most of central, northern, and eastern Koitrûx, including Yełeshian Lawo, Shershan Lawo, ...
** ''Nayzehenyn languages'', spoken mainly across most of the central, northern, and eastern Koitrûx peninsula, including Yełeshian&nbsp;Lawo, Shershan&nbsp;Lawo, Nahawi, and others;
** ''Tłašnelek languages'', spoken in northwestern Koitrûx as well as some isolated coastal communities further north and west, both on Gurdugal and on the Márusúturonian mainland (as far west as eastern Gathuráni).
** ''Tłašnelek languages'', spoken in the northwest of the Koitrûx peninsula as well as some isolated coastal communities further north and west, both on Gurdugal and on the Márusúturonian mainland.
* ''Chlouvānem languages'', including [[Chlouvānem]] and all of its descendants, which is the most spoken and widespread branch, counting for nearly the entirety of all Lahob speakers.
* ''Chlouvānem languages'' (or ''Imuniguronian languages''), including [[Chlouvānem]] and all of its descendants, which is the most spoken and widespread branch, counting for nearly the entirety of all Lahob speakers.
** The Chlouvānem (or Imuniguronian) branch is traditionally divided into three sub-branches: Northern Imuniguronian, Southern Imuniguronian, and Mūltarhāveyi, the third of which has only recently been recognized as a stand-alone branch, as it was formerly considered a third subdivision of Northern Imuniguronian. Southern Imuniguronian is formed by Chlouvānem, Ancient Western Chlouvānem, and all of their descendants (the majority of Lahob vernaculars of the Inquisition which are not creoles); it is the only branch which has been attested since ancient times. Northern Imuniguronian and Mūltarhāveyi together include eleven vernacular languages spoken in the northwestern corner of the Plain and in the highlands of Mūltarhāvi; these languages have remained unwritten until the early Consolidation Era and have had a large influence from non-Lahob languages of the area as well as from Classical Chlouvānem and share many areal features with the Southern Imuniguronian Khalmāṣi languages (or Northwestern Plain vernaculars), one of the daughter branches of Chlouvānem; these features have long made it difficult to recognize them as distinct branches. Like the majority of vernaculars of the Inquisition, these languages are only ever written in informal settings and exist in a state of diglossia with Standard Chlouvānem. ''Boxʷǝḷ'' (''bālši'' in Chl.), a Northern Imuniguronian language of the Sarēdī group, mostly spoken in Dāhuṭrijaiṭa, is by far the most spoken one, with about two million native speakers.


The Lahob family is one of many language families - including the unrelated Kenengyry and Samaidulic families, as well as various not better classified isolates - that most likely originated in the area of Márusúturon between the Carpan and the Skyrdegan seas, roughly between 30° and 40°N. The Urheimat of Proto-Lahob speakers is thought to be either the western shore of the High Ivulit (i.e. modern day Leny-tḥewe or Ebed-dowa) or the area around the Little Ivulit (today southern Leny-tḥewe, Līnajotia, or southern Qualdomailor). From there, the Lahob peoples mainly expanded northwards, up to the taiga of northern Márusúturon, except for a few tribes (notably the Ur-Chlouvānem) who migrated southeastwards, into the Lāmiejāya plain. In most of this area, however, Lahob languages were replaced by the later spread first of Samaidulic and then of Kenengyry languages, so that practically all non-Chlouvānem Lahob languages are spoken in the Northern Márusúturonian taiga, along the Orcish Straits.<br/>
The Lahob family is one of many language families - including the unrelated Kenengyry and Samaidulic families, as well as various not better classified isolates - that most likely originated in the area of Márusúturon between the Carpan and the Skyrdegan seas, roughly between 30° and 40°N. The Urheimat of Proto-Lahob speakers is thought to be either the western shore of the High Ivulit (i.e. modern day Leñ-ṱef or Ebed-dowa) or the area around the Little Ivulit (today southern Leñ-ṱef, Līnajaiṭa, or southern Qualdomailor). From there, the Lahob peoples mainly expanded northwards, up to the taiga of northern Márusúturon, except for a few tribes (notably the Ur-Chlouvānem) who migrated southeastwards, into the Nīmbaṇḍhāra-Lāmberah plain. In most of this area, however, Lahob languages were replaced by the later spread first of Samaidulic and then of Kenengyry languages, so that practically all non-Chlouvānem Lahob languages are spoken in the Northern Márusúturonian taiga, along the Orcish Straits.<br/>
The Ur-Chlouvānem eventually settled in the far southern part of the Plains, where they intermixed with the local populations, forming a distinct ethnicity whose main connection with the other Lahob peoples is linguistic rather than genetic. Eventually the Chlouvānem language, the only attested ancient Lahob language, became the liturgical language of the [[Verse:Yunyalīlta|Yunyalīlta]], which led it to be spread across all of Márusúturon and become, as of today, the most spoken language of the planet.
The Ur-Chlouvānem eventually settled in the far southern part of the Plains, where they intermixed with the local populations, forming a distinct ethnicity whose main connection with the other Lahob peoples is linguistic rather than genetic. Eventually the Chlouvānem language, one of only two attested ancient Lahob languages<ref>The other ancient Lahob language to be attested is Western Ancient Chlouvānem (or WAC), which is however extremely closely related to Chlouvānem so that many scholars consider them to be two divergent dialects of the same language; in fact, the two languages only diverged from Ur-Chlouvānem after the migration into the Plain, and they had varying degrees of mutual intelligibility while they were spoken first languages. WAC itself was replaced in official usage by Chlouvānem (albeit much more slowly than unrelated languages of other Chlouvānemized territories), and the present-day Southwestern Plain vernaculars, daughter languages of WAC, still use Classical Chlouvānem as their lingua franca.</ref>, became the liturgical language of the [[Verse:Yunyalīlta|Yunyalīlta]], which led it to be spread across all of Márusúturon and become, as of today, the most spoken language of the planet.


By number of native speakers, they are the second-largest on the planet (just slightly behind the mostly Védrenian [[Yombu-Raina languages]]), however the vast majority of Lahob speakers speak a language belonging to the Chlouvānem branch.<br/>
By number of native speakers, they are the second-largest on the planet (just slightly behind the mostly Védrenian [[Yombu-Raina languages]]), however the vast majority of Lahob speakers speak a language belonging to the Chlouvānem branch.<br/>
Excluding Chlouvānem (and its daughter languages) with more than 1.4 billion speakers, the other Lahob languages are fairly small by number of speakers, with less than 100,000 speakers collectively: Nordûlaki is the only official language, and the main lingua franca, across the area (except for the areas in Soenyŏ-tave), and in the most densely populated areas the vast majority of people are Nordûlaki-speaking descendants of Evandorian colonists. Lahob speakers are mostly clustered in a few villages, rarely exceeding a thousand inhabitants.<br/>The situation in the Chlouvānem-speaking areas is almost the reverse, as it is the Dachsprache everywhere across the [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Chlouvānem Inquisition]], in a state of diglossia with thousands of local vernaculars which are either descendants of Chlouvānem itself, Chlouvānem-based creoles, or totally unrelated languages.
Excluding Chlouvānem (and its daughter languages) with more than 1,9 billion speakers, the other Lahob languages are fairly small by number of speakers, with less than 100,000 speakers collectively: Nordûlaki is the only official language<ref>Under Mersefênyi laws, municipalities can declare another language as co-official in their territory; however, most of the Lahob-speaking villages are census places in unincorporated territories. Despite this, the Region of East Koitrûx has declared Yełeshian Lawo as a "language of regional importance", the only Lahob language other than Chlouvānem to be officially recognized anywhere on Calémere.</ref>, and the main lingua franca, across the area (except for the areas in Soenjŏ-tave), and in the most densely populated areas the vast majority of people are Nordûlaki-speaking descendants of Evandorian colonists. Lahob speakers are mostly clustered in a few villages, rarely exceeding a thousand inhabitants. Central Lahobic and Nayzehenyn are the most spoken among these branches, with the three most spoken languages being, in order, Yełeshian Lawo, Łohof-aðá, and Nahawi.<br/>The situation in the Chlouvānem-speaking areas is almost the reverse, as it is the Dachsprache everywhere across the [[Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition|Chlouvānem Inquisition]], in a state of diglossia with thousands of local vernaculars which are either descendants of Chlouvānem itself, Chlouvānem-based creoles, or totally unrelated languages.


==Name==
==Name==
The Lahob languages have a few competing names, all ultimately derived from Lahob proper:
The Lahob languages have a few competing names, all ultimately derived from Lahob proper:
* ''Lahob'', ''Lahou'', or ''Lahobic'' all derive from the ethnonym ''Łaȟoḇ'' [ɬaˈχɔβ] in Łaȟobarir, through [[Nordulaki]] ''Lahou'' [laˈhɔʊ̯]; the ultimate origin is Proto-Lahob *ɬakʰober, which is the common self-designation for many Lahob peoples (e.g. Łohof, Łogawe, Łokow, Tɬow).
* ''Lahob'', ''Lahou'', or ''Lahobic'' all derive from the ethnonym ''Łaȟoḇ'' [ɬaˈχɔβ] in Łaȟobarir, through [[Nordulaki]] ''Lahou'' [laˈhɔʊ̯]; the ultimate origin is Proto-Lahob *ɬakʰober, which is the common self-designation for many Lahob peoples (e.g. Łohof, Łogawe, Łokow, Łoku, Tɬow).
* ''Neshlenkentian'' derives from Łogawe ''nɛ łenkɛnt'', meaning either "our family" or "we are a family"; ''łenkɛnt'' is ultimately connected to Proto-Lahob *liŋkajnet, the root for "family" in many non-Chlouvānem Lahob languages.
* ''Neshlenkentian'' derives from Łogawe ''nä łenkänt'', meaning either "our family" or "we are a family"; ''łenkänt'' is ultimately connected to Proto-Lahob *liŋkajnet, the root for "family" in many non-Chlouvānem Lahob languages.
* ''Lahob-Imuniguronian'' is an outdated term which was common when the relationship between the Core Lahob languages and Chlouvānem hadn't been proved yet; as acceptance of the theory grew, the term Lahob-Imuniguronian was replaced by the simpler Lahob, that had been used for the Core Lahob languages until then. "Imuniguronian" is the English adaptation of ''imúnigúronen'', the [[Cerian]] term (common to most Western languages) for "Chlouvānem".
* ''Lahob-Imuniguronian'' is an outdated term which was common when the relationship between the Core Lahob languages and Chlouvānem hadn't been proved yet; as acceptance of the theory grew, the term Lahob-Imuniguronian was replaced by the simpler Lahob, that had been used for the Core Lahob languages until then. "Imuniguronian" is the English adaptation of ''imúnigúronen'', the [[Cerian]] term (common to most Western languages) for "Chlouvānem".


Chlouvānem linguists have largely adopted the Nordûlaki term ''Lahou'' as the ethnonym for all Lahob peoples in the form ''lahāvai'', so that the language family is known as ''lahāvumi dældai''; however, the older term ''hūlisakhāni dældai'', after the mythological ancestral land of Hūlisakhāna mentioned in early Chlouvānem literature may still be heard sometimes. Curiously, the legend of Hūlisakhāna was probably non-Lahob in origin and the term is most likely not of Lahob origin too.<br/>The Łoqɔ (a Łogawenek language from northern Soenyŏ-tave) term ''ney łiŋgɛɛt'', cognate with Łogawe ''ne łenkɛnt'', has been adopted as ethnonym for the non-Chlouvānem Lahob peoples (''neichlilgǣtai''), and therefore ''neichlilgǣtumi dældai'' is the usual term for what is known as Northern Lahob, Core Lahob, or Lahob proper in Western linguistics. Somewhat confusingly, ''kēhamyutei lahāvumi dældai'', which ''literally'' translates as "Northern Lahob languages", is typically used for the Nayzehenyn languages only.
Chlouvānem linguists have largely adopted the Nordûlaki term ''Lahou'' as the ethnonym for all Lahob peoples in the form ''lahāvai''; however, the whole of the language family is most often referred to as ''hūlisakhāni dhāḍai'', after the mythological ancestral land of Hūlisakhāna mentioned in early Chlouvānem literature. Curiously, the legend of Hūlisakhāna was probably non-Lahob in origin and the term is most likely not of Lahob origin too.<br/>The form ''lahāvumi dhāḍai'' (or the rarer ''lahau ga dhāḍai'') usually refers to what is known as Northern Lahob, Core Lahob, or Lahob proper in Western linguistics, however recently (and especially in Chlouvānem-language papers written by linguists from Qualdomailor, Brono, or the Kenengyry area) some linguists have begun using it for the whole family. Somewhat confusingly, ''kēhamyuñci lahāvumi dhāḍai'', an exact translation of "Northern Lahob languages", is typically used for the Nayzehenyn languages only.


===Ethnonyms===
===Ethnonyms===
It is notable how the vast majority of Lahob peoples have ethnonyms based on two single Proto-Lahob roots, which however are still present in some way in nearly all languages of the family, *ɬakʰober (people) and *wānəme (horde, tribe, group):
It is notable how the vast majority of Lahob peoples have ethnonyms based on two single Proto-Lahob roots, which however are still present in some way in nearly all languages of the family, *ɬakʰober (people) and *wānəme (horde, tribe, group):
* *ɬakʰober as ethnonym for e.g. the Łaȟob, Łohof, Łokow, Łogawe, Tɬow, Łoqɔ...; also reflexed as e.g. ''tɬawpe'' in Bɔni, ''tłɔwr'' in Waam (both "family"), or ''chlåmbhah'' (tribe) in Chlouvānem;
* *ɬakʰober as ethnonym for e.g. the Łaȟob, Łohof, Łokow, Łogawe, Tɬow, Nahawi; also reflexed as e.g. ''tɬawpe'' in Bɔni, ''tłɔwr'' in Waam (both "family"), ''şakȯf '' (house, home) in Kȯtıme Qoşazırme, or ''chlågbhah'' (tribe) in Chlouvānem;
* *wānəme as ethnonym for e.g. the Bɔni, Wonum, Waam, Bāmn, the ''-vānem'' part in Chlouvānem (''chlǣvānem'' originally meant "Golden Horde"), and the ''-wan'' in Minwan (''min wan'' meaning "our folk"); also reflected as e.g. ''wang'' (group) in Łohof-aðá and ''womme'' (village) in Tɬow.
* *wānəme as ethnonym for e.g. the Aem, Bɔni, Wonum, Waam, Bāmn, the ''-vānem'' part in Chlouvānem (''chlǣvānem'' originally meant "Golden Horde"), and the ''-wan'' in Minwan (''min wan'' meaning "our folk"); also reflected as e.g. ''wang'' (group) in Łohof-aðá and ''womme'' (village) in Tɬow.


==Common characteristics==
==Common characteristics==
[[File:Lahob languages.png|thumb|Distribution of the Lahob branches in their home continent of Márusúturon.]]
It is difficult to point out general characteristics common to all Lahob languages because of the high divergence between the Core Lahob ones and the Chlouvānem branch. General traits are:
It is difficult to point out general characteristics common to all Lahob languages because of the high divergence between the Core Lahob ones and the Chlouvānem branch. General traits are:
* A complex morphosyntactic alignment based on triggers, present with seven triggers in Proto-Lahob and retained with no change in classical Chlouvānem, and varyingly modified in other languages, typically with a few less voices (among modern languages, the only ones that retain the full set of triggers are some Southern Chlouvānem languages, notably including the Tariatindī vernacular). The most typical trigger system surviving among Core Lahob languages is patient-agent-locative(-instrumental).
* A complex morphosyntactic alignment based on triggers, present with seven triggers in Proto-Lahob and retained with no change in classical Chlouvānem, and varyingly modified in other languages, typically with a few less voices (among modern languages, the only ones that retain the full set of triggers are some Southern Chlouvānem languages, notably including the Hālyanēṃṣi vernacular). The most typical trigger system surviving among Core Lahob languages is patient-agent-locative(-instrumental).
* Unmarked SOV word order (with S being the direct-case argument selected by the trigger) and consistently head-final. A change to SVO has however taken place in the central Core Lahob area (i.e. all Łogawenek languages, most Central Lahobic ones (but not Łohof-aðá, the branch's most spoken one), and a few Nayzehenyn ones) and, independently, in the Near Eastern Chlouvānem languages.
* Unmarked SOV word order (with S being the direct-case argument selected by the trigger) and consistently head-final. A change to SVO has however taken place in the central Core Lahob area (i.e. all Łogawenek languages, most Central Lahobic ones, and a few Nayzehenyn ones) and, independently, in the Near Eastern Chlouvānem languages.
* All Lahob languages express location by means of numerous verbs with changing prefixes in order to convey the sense of different English prepositions; motion verbs have two series of these prefixes, one lative and one ablative.
* All Lahob languages express location by means of numerous verbs with changing prefixes in order to convey the sense of different English prepositions; motion verbs have two series of these prefixes, one lative and one ablative.
* Verbs are typically a closed class: most Lahob languages have a very small set of verbs in common use, and use many of those as light verbs with other roots in order to form newer meanings; verbs can typically only be formed by other verbs, and only with causative, applicative, or frequentative meanings. Chlouvānem is a partial exception, because while sharing the same restrictions to forming new verbs it has some hundreds of verb roots in common use. Some vernaculars, particularly the Jade Coastal ones, however, have developed on their own traits closer to other Lahob languages, particularly the heavy use of light verbs.
* Verbs are typically a closed class: most Lahob languages have a very small set of verbs in common use, and use many of those as light verbs with other roots in order to form newer meanings; verbs can typically only be formed by other verbs, and only with causative, applicative, or frequentative meanings. Chlouvānem is a partial exception, because while sharing the same restrictions to forming new verbs it has some hundreds of verb roots in common use. Some vernaculars, particularly the Jade Coastal ones, however, have developed on their own traits closer to other Lahob languages, particularly the heavy use of light verbs.


The following traits are widely found across most Core Lahob languages (which share many grammatical features), but not in Chlouvānem ones:
The following traits are widely found across most Core Lahob languages (which share many grammatical features), but not in Chlouvānem ones:
* A relatively small phonemic inventory, averaging around 15 consonants and 5 vowels.
* A relatively small phonemic inventory, averaging around 15 consonants (all pulmonic) and 5 vowels (all oral). Tone is not phonemic.
* Small case systems (if they have case at all), with rarely more than three cases.
* Small case systems (if they have case at all), with rarely more than three cases.
** In all Lahob languages that have it (incl. Chlouvānem ones), the dative doubles as a lative case.


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The exact quality of the reconstructed phonemes '''*š''' and '''*ʕ''' is unclear. For ''*š'', the various theories are about substantially close phones such as [ʃ ʂ ɕ] or even [ç]. ''*ʕ'' is much more problematic. In most Lahob languages, this phoneme is only shown by its effect on neighboring vowels, which is different depending on the language but it always backs the vowel, lowers it, or does both. Chlouvānem is the exception as it directly reflects it, without any change in vowel quality, as its infamous /ɴ̆/ phoneme, whose extremely high occurrence is due to Proto-Lahob *ʕ, *l, (often) *ɬ, and *ŋ having all merged into it. As, however, other Lahob languages have a backed or lowered vowel, but never a nasalized one in the contexts where *ʕ is reconstructed, Calemerian linguists think that the Chlouvānem phoneme being nasal is a post-Proto-Lahob development.  
The exact quality of the reconstructed phonemes '''*š''' and '''*ʕ''' is unclear. For ''*š'', the various theories are about substantially close phones such as [ʃ ʂ ɕ] or even [ç]. ''*ʕ'' is much more problematic. In most Lahob languages, this phoneme is only shown by its effect on neighboring vowels, which is different depending on the language but it always backs the vowel, lowers it, or does both. Chlouvānem is the exception as it directly reflects it, without any change in vowel quality, as its infamous /ɴ̆/ phoneme, whose extremely high occurrence is due to Proto-Lahob *ʕ, *l, (often) *ɬ, and *ŋ having all merged into it. As, however, other Lahob languages have a backed or lowered vowel, but never a nasalized one in the contexts where *ʕ is reconstructed, Calemerian linguists think that the Chlouvānem phoneme being nasal is a post-Proto-Lahob development.


An easy example word is the first person pronoun *ʕiŋi, which is reflected as:
====Vowels====
* Chlouvānem ''lili''
Proto-Lahob's vowel inventory, on the other hand, is fairly simple, with five pairs of long and short vowels - /a aː e eː o oː i iː u uː/ - plus the two vowels /ɨ ə/. The non-high vowels could also form diphthongs with /ɨ̯ ɪ̯ ʊ̯/, while /i iː/ only could with /ʊ̯/ and /u uː/ only with /ɪ̯/.
* Proto-Central-Lahobic *ɛŋi > Łaȟoḇeyšer ''ên'' /ɛn/, Łokow ''eng'' //, Yełeshian Lawo ''yeng'' /jeŋ/, Shershan Lawo ''êŋ'' /ɛŋ/
* Proto-Pwaɬasd-Ngos *ɤŋi > Tundra Pwaɬasd ''ěni'' /ɤni/, Ngos ''ɤni'' /ɤni/


====Vowels====
====Sound correspondences in daughter languages====
Proto-Lahob's vowel inventory, on the other hand, is fairly simple, with five pairs of long and short vowels - /a aː e eː o oː i iː u uː/ - plus the two vowels /ɨ ə/. The non-high vowels could also form diphthongs with /ɨ̯ ɪ̯ ʊ̯/, while /i iː/ only could with /ʊ̯/ and /u uː/ only with /ɪ̯/. Diphthongs centered on schwa, once controversial among Lahob linguists, have now become accepted by most linguists because of *əj being so far the only reasonable explanation for palatalized consonants in Chlouvānem - as with e.g. *nodəjn-ə- "to hit, strike" > ''nadьn-'' "to trip into, to hit" - much like the *əjV sequence explains the distinction between CʲV and CjV (as with *ʕiŋjō > ''liliā'' "my, mine" (*CjV > CʲV) and *ērəjo > ''yarya'' "beer" (*CəjV > CjV)).
The following table lists the general reflexes of Proto-Lahob phonemes in the major attested Lahob languages. For sake of brevity, different outcomes caused by splits in earlier times of the language are not noted (e.g. *d having different outcomes in Yełeshian Lawo due to original intervocalic *d being ''n'' and secondary intervocalic *d (post-Proto-Nayzehenyn) being ''r''):
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Proto-Lahob !! rowspan=2 | [[Chlouvānem]] !! colspan=2 | Nayzehenyn !! colspan=2 | Central Lahobic
|-
! Yełeshian Lawo !! Shershan Lawo !! Łohofál !! Sulutamilian Minwan
|-
! *p
| p || p || p || f || f
|-
! *pʰ
| ħ || h, kp<small><sup>1</sup></small> || h, kp<small><sup>1</sup></small> || f, kp<small><sup>1</sup></small> || f, kp<small><sup>1</sup></small>
|-
! *b
| b || b, w || b, w || p, f || p
|-
! *bʱ
| bh || w, gb<small><sup>1</sup></small> || w, gb<small><sup>1</sup></small> || p, f, gb<small><sup>1</sup></small> || p, gb<small><sup>1</sup></small>
|-
! *t
| t, ṭ<small><sup>2</sup></small> || t || t || t || t, s
|-
! *tʰ
| th, ṭh<small><sup>2</sup></small> || n || y || s || s, t
|-
! *d
| d, ḍ<small><sup>2</sup></small> || d, r, n || d, y || rowspan=2 | d, ð || rowspan=2 | d, n, r
|-
! *dʱ
| dh, ḍh<small><sup>2</sup></small> || n || y
|-
! *c
| c || č, š || č, š || rowspan=2 | s || rowspan=2 | s, t
|-
! *cʰ
| ch || š || š
|-
! *ɟ
| j || rowspan=2 | ž || dž, ž || rowspan=2 | d, ð || rowspan=2 | d, n, r
|-
! *ɟʱ
| jh || ž
|-
! *k
| k, c<small><sup>3</sup></small> || k, q<small><sup>2</sup></small> || k || rowspan=2 | k, r, ȟ || rowspan=2 | k, l, s
|-
! *kʰ
| kh, ch<small><sup>3</sup></small> || ħ, ∅ || ħ, h
|-
! *ɡ
| g, j<small><sup>3</sup></small> || g, ∅ || g, h || rowspan=2 | k, ð, ȟ, ∅ || rowspan=2 | k, n, s, ∅
|-
! *ɡʱ
| gh, jh<small><sup>3</sup></small> || ħ, ∅ || ħ, h
|-
! *kʷ
| ɂ || rowspan=2 | kp || rowspan=2 | kp || rowspan=2 | kp || rowspan=2 | kp
|-
! *kʷʰ
| ph
|-
! *ɡʷ
| ɂ || rowspan=2 | gb || rowspan=2 | gb || rowspan=2 | gb || rowspan=2 | gb
|-
! *ɡʷʱ
| bh
|-
! *x
| h, V̤<small><sup>4</sup></small>, V̤k<small><sup>5</sup></small> || k<small><sup>1</sup></small>, ∅, š || k<small><sup>1</sup></small>, ∅, š || rowspan=2 | ∅, l<small><sup>1</sup></small> || rowspan=3 | ∅
|-
! *ɣ
| h, V̤<small><sup>4</sup></small>, V̤g<small><sup>5</sup></small> || k<small><sup>1</sup></small>, ∅, ž || k<small><sup>1</sup></small>, ∅, ž, h
|-
! *h
| h, V̤<small><sup>4</sup></small> || h, ħ || ħ, h || ∅
|-
! *f
| p || h || h || f || f
|-
! *w
| v || w, ∅ || w, ∅ || w || w
|-
! *s
| s, š<small><sup>3</sup></small> || rowspan=2 | s, ∅<small><sup>6</sup></small> || rowspan=2 | s, ∅<small><sup>6</sup></small> || rowspan=3 | ∅ || rowspan=3 | ∅
|-
! *š
| ṣ, ∅<small><sup>7</sup></small>
|-
! *[z]
| Vː<small><sup>8</sup></small>, ∅<small><sup>9</sup></small> || z || z
|-
! *r
| r, h<small><sup>6</sup></small>, l || r, ∅ || y, ∅ || l, ∅<small><sup>1, 10</sup></small> || l, ∅<small><sup>1, 10</sup></small>
|-
! *l
| l || ł || ł || rowspan=2 | ł || ł
|-
! *ɬ
| l, chl<small><sup>1</sup></small> || tł || tł || tł
|}
Table notes:
# Word-initially.
# Usually through assimilation of a following *r.
# When followed by *j.
# In coda.
# Intervocalic.
# Word-finally.
# Word-initially when followed by *j.
# Before voiced consonants.
# Adjacent to *d or *dʱ (resulting in '''', ''ḍh'' respectively).
# Before stops.


===Morphology===
===Morphology===
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|-
|-
! Vocative
! Vocative
| *frāt-āw || prātau || rowspan=3 colspan=3 |
| *frāt-āw || prātau || rowspan=3 colspan=2 |
|-
|-
! Accusative
! Accusative
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|-
|-
! Direct
! Direct
| *kewʕəd-u-s || rowspan=2 | *kewʕəd-u-nt || rowspan=2 | *kewʕəd-āw-s || kældus || rowspan=2 | kældūt || rowspan=2 | kældaus || ||
| *kewʕəd-u-s || rowspan=2 | *kewʕəd-u-nt || rowspan=2 | *kewʕəd-āw-s || kældus || rowspan=2 | kældūt || rowspan=2 | kældaus || koru || korwe
|-
|-
! Vocative
! Vocative
| *kewʕəd-u || kældu || ||
| *kewʕəd-u || kældu || rowspan=3 colspan=2 |
|-
|-
! Accusative
! Accusative
| *kewʕəd-aw-u || *kewʕəd-u-suj || *kewʕəd-aw-ir || kældavu || kældūṣa || kældavih || ||
| *kewʕəd-aw-u || *kewʕəd-u-suj || *kewʕəd-aw-ir || kældavu || kældūṣa || kældavih
|-
|-
! Ergative
! Ergative
| *kewʕəd-aw-e(j) || *kewʕəd-ū-jo || *kewʕəd-ū-n || kældave || kældūya || kældūn || ||
| *kewʕəd-aw-e(j) || *kewʕəd-ū-jo || *kewʕəd-ū-n || kældave || kældūya || kældūn
|-
|-
! Genitive
! Genitive
| *kewʕəd-aw-i || *kewʕəd-owwo || *kewʕəd-owmi || kældavi || kældagva || kældǣmi || ||
| *kewʕəd-aw-i || *kewʕəd-owwo || *kewʕəd-owmi || kældavi || kældagva || kældǣmi || korwe || korum
|-
|-
! Instrumental
! Instrumental
| *kewʕəd-u-p || rowspan=3 | *kewʕəd-aw-bʱan || *kewʕəd-u-nīko || kældup || rowspan=3 | kældobhan || kældunīka || ||
| *kewʕəd-u-p || rowspan=3 | *kewʕəd-aw-bʱan || *kewʕəd-u-nīko || kældup || rowspan=3 | kældobhan || kældunīka || || korunik
|-
|-
! Exessive
! Exessive
| *kewʕəd-u-t || *kewʕəd-aw-mōn || kældut || kældomān || ||
| *kewʕəd-u-t || *kewʕəd-aw-mōn || kældut || kældomān || rowspan=3 colspan=2 |
|-
|-
! Ablative
! Ablative
| *kewʕəd-u-ux || *kewʕəd-u-nits || kældų || kældunīs ||  ||
| *kewʕəd-u-ux || *kewʕəd-u-nits || kældų || kældunīs
|-
|-
! Translative
! Translative
| *kewʕəd-u-n || rowspan=2 | *kewʕəd-u-guš || *kewʕəd-u-jawr || kældun || rowspan=2 | kældugus || kælduyoh || ||
| *kewʕəd-u-n || rowspan=2 | *kewʕəd-u-guš || *kewʕəd-u-jawr || kældun || rowspan=2 | kældugus || kælduyoh
|-
|-
! Dative
! Dative
| *kewʕəd-aw-awm || *kewʕəd-u-sām || kældavom || kældusām || ||
| *kewʕəd-aw-awm || *kewʕəd-u-sām || kældavom || kældusām || korwe || koruswe
|-
|-
! Essive
! Essive
| *kewʕəd-aw-x || rowspan=2 | *kewʕəd-u-ŋgin || *kewʕəd-aw-egem || kældą || rowspan=2 | kældugin || kældavēm || ||
| *kewʕəd-aw-x || rowspan=2 | *kewʕəd-u-ŋgin || *kewʕəd-aw-egem || kældą || rowspan=2 | kældugin || kældavēm || rowspan=2 colspan=2 |
|-
|-
! Locative
! Locative
| *kewʕəd-aw-e || *kewʕəd-u-ʕīm || kældave || kældulīm || ||
| *kewʕəd-aw-e || *kewʕəd-u-ʕīm || kældave || kældulīm
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=9 | i-stems
! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=9 | i-stems
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|-
|-
! Direct
! Direct
| *əskutr-i-s || rowspan=2 | *əskutr-i-nt || rowspan=2 | *əskutr-āj-s || skuṭis || rowspan=2 | skuṭīt || rowspan=2 | skuṭais || ||
| *əskutr-i-s || rowspan=2 | *əskutr-i-nt || rowspan=2 | *əskutr-āj-s || skuṭis || rowspan=2 | skuṭīt || rowspan=2 | skuṭais || kutłi || kutłe
|-
|-
! Vocative
! Vocative
| *əskutr-i || skuṭi || ||
| *əskutr-i || skuṭi || rowspan=3 colspan=2 |
|-
|-
! Accusative
! Accusative
| *əskutr-aj-u || *əskutr-i-suj || *əskutr-aj-ir || skuṭayu || skuṭīṣa || skuṭaih || ||
| *əskutr-aj-u || *əskutr-i-suj || *əskutr-aj-ir || skuṭayu || skuṭīṣa || skuṭaih
|-
|-
! Ergative
! Ergative
| *əskutr-aj-e(j) || *əskutr-ī-jo || *əskutr-ī-n || skuṭaye || skuṭīya || skuṭīn || ||
| *əskutr-aj-e(j) || *əskutr-ī-jo || *əskutr-ī-n || skuṭaye || skuṭīya || skuṭīn
|-
|-
! Genitive
! Genitive
| *əskutr-aj-i || *əskutr-ojjo || *əskutr-j-umi || skuṭayi || skuṭajña || skuṭyumi || ||
| *əskutr-aj-i || *əskutr-ojjo || *əskutr-j-umi || skuṭayi || skuṭajña || skuṭyumi || kutłey || kutłim
|-
|-
! Instrumental
! Instrumental
| *əskutr-i-p || rowspan=3 | *əskutr-aj-bʱan || *əskutr-i-nīko || skuṭip || rowspan=3 | skuṭebhan || skuṭinīka || ||
| *əskutr-i-p || rowspan=3 | *əskutr-aj-bʱan || *əskutr-i-nīko || skuṭip || rowspan=3 | skuṭebhan || skuṭinīka || || kutłinik
|-
|-
! Exessive
! Exessive
| *əskutr-i-t || *əskutr-aj-mōn || skuṭit || skuṭemān || ||
| *əskutr-i-t || *əskutr-aj-mōn || skuṭit || skuṭemān || rowspan=3 colspan=2 |
|-
|-
! Ablative
! Ablative
| *əskutr-j-ux || *əskutr-i-nits || skuṭyų || skuṭinīs ||  ||
| *əskutr-j-ux || *əskutr-i-nits || skuṭyų || skuṭinīs
|-
|-
! Translative
! Translative
| *əskutr-i-n || rowspan=2 | *əskutr-i-guš || *əskutr-i-jawr || skuṭin || rowspan=2 | skuṭigus || skuṭyoh || ||
| *əskutr-i-n || rowspan=2 | *əskutr-i-guš || *əskutr-i-jawr || skuṭin || rowspan=2 | skuṭigus || skuṭyoh
|-
|-
! Dative
! Dative
| *əskutr-aj-awm || *əskutr-i-sām || skuṭayom || skuṭisām || ||
| *əskutr-aj-awm || *əskutr-i-sām || skuṭayom || skuṭisām || kutłewe || kutłiswe
|-
|-
! Essive
! Essive
| *əskutr-aj-x || rowspan=2 | *əskutr-i-ŋgin || *əskutr-aj-egem || skuṭę || rowspan=2 | skuṭigin || skuṭayēm || ||
| *əskutr-aj-x || rowspan=2 | *əskutr-i-ŋgin || *əskutr-aj-egem || skuṭę || rowspan=2 | skuṭigin || skuṭayēm || rowspan=2 colspan=2 |
|-
|-
! Locative
! Locative
| *əskutr-aj-e || *əskutr-i-ʕīm || skuṭaye || skuṭilīm || ||
| *əskutr-aj-e || *əskutr-i-ʕīm || skuṭaye || skuṭilīm
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=9 | n-stems
! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=9 | n-stems
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! rowspan=3 | !! colspan=3 | Proto-Lahob !! colspan=3 | Chlouvānem !! colspan=2 | Yełeshian Lawo !! colspan=2 | (TBA)
! rowspan=3 | !! colspan=3 | Proto-Lahob !! colspan=3 | Chlouvānem !! colspan=2 | Yełeshian Lawo !! colspan=2 | Łahoḇarir
|-
|-
! colspan=11 | o-stems
! colspan=11 | o-stems
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|-
|-
! Direct
! Direct
| *juɟ-om || rowspan=2 | *juɟ-iwā || rowspan=2 | *juɟ-oms || yujam || rowspan=2 | yujivā || rowspan=2 | yujās || yiž || yižus || ||
| *juɟ-om || rowspan=2 | *juɟ-iwā || rowspan=2 | *juɟ-om-k || yujam || rowspan=2 | yujivā || rowspan=2 | yujāk || yiž || yižuk || sur || susung
|-
|-
! Vocative
! Vocative
| *juɟ-e || yuje || rowspan=3 colspan=2 | || ||
| *juɟ-e || yuje || rowspan=3 colspan=2 | || rowspan=3 colspan=2 |  
|-
|-
! Accusative
! Accusative
| *juɟ-om-u || *juɟ-m-es || *juɟ-m-ajir || yujamu || yujmes || yujmaih || ||
| *juɟ-om-u || *juɟ-m-es || *juɟ-m-ajir || yujamu || yujmes || yujmaih
|-
|-
! Ergative
! Ergative
| *juɟ-m-ego || *juɟ-m-ēn || *juɟ-ōm-ūn || yujmæ || yujmian || yujāmūn || ||
| *juɟ-m-ego || *juɟ-m-ēn || *juɟ-ōm-ūn || yujmæ || yujmian || yujāmūn
|-
|-
! Genitive
! Genitive
| *juɟ-om-i || *juɟ-m-ajwo || *juɟ-om-nān || yujami || yujmeva || yujaṃrān || yižom || yižonwe || ||
| *juɟ-om-i || *juɟ-m-ajwo || *juɟ-om-nān || yujami || yujmeva || yujaṃrān || yižom || yižonwe || susome || susunä
|-
|-
! Instrumental
! Instrumental
| *juɟ-om-op || rowspan=3 | *juɟ-o-bʱan || *juɟ-om-nīko || yujamap || rowspan=3 | yujabhan || yujaṃrīka || || yižonik || ||
| *juɟ-om-op || rowspan=3 | *juɟ-o-bʱan || *juɟ-om-nīko || yujamap || rowspan=3 | yujabhan || yujaṃrīka || || yižonik || rowspan=4 colspan=2 |
|-
|-
! Exessive
! Exessive
| *juɟ-om-ot || *juɟ-o-mōn || yujamat || yujamān || rowspan=3 colspan=2 | || ||
| *juɟ-om-ot || *juɟ-o-mōn || yujamat || yujamān || rowspan=3 colspan=2 |
|-
|-
! Ablative
! Ablative
| *juɟ-om-ux || *juɟ-m-ajnits || yujamų || yujmenīs || ||
| *juɟ-om-ux || *juɟ-m-ajnits || yujamų || yujmenīs
|-
|-
! Translative
! Translative
| *juɟ-om-on || rowspan=2 | *juɟ-m-ix || *juɟ-m-ent || yujaman || rowspan=2 | yujmį || yujmēt || ||
| *juɟ-om-on || rowspan=2 | *juɟ-m-ix || *juɟ-m-ent || yujaman || rowspan=2 | yujmį || yujmēt
|-
|-
! Dative
! Dative
| *juɟ-om-awm || *juɟ-om-sām || yujamom || yujaṃsām || yižom̃e || yižuže || ||
| *juɟ-om-awm || *juɟ-om-sām || yujamom || yujaṃsām || yižom̃e || yižuže || susumaw || sususä
|-
|-
! Essive
! Essive
| *juɟ-om-x || rowspan=2 | *juɟ-m-enne || *juɟ-m-egem || yujmą || rowspan=2 | yujmenne || yujmēm || rowspan=2 colspan=2 | || ||
| *juɟ-om-x || rowspan=2 | *juɟ-m-enne || *juɟ-m-egem || yujmą || rowspan=2 | yujmenne || yujmēm || rowspan=2 colspan=2 | || rowspan=2 colspan=2 |
|-
|-
! Locative
! Locative
| *juɟ-om-n(j)aj || *juɟ-m-iʕīm || yujaṃrye || yujmilīm || ||
| *juɟ-om-n(j)aj || *juɟ-m-iʕīm || yujaṃrye || yujmilīm
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=11 | u-stems
! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=11 | u-stems
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|-
|-
! Direct
! Direct
| *tūl-u-m || rowspan=2 | *tūl-w-iwā || rowspan=2 | *tūl-u-ms || tūlum || rowspan=2 | tūlvivā || rowspan=2 | tūlūs || || || ||
| *tūl-u-m || rowspan=2 | *tūl-w-iwā || rowspan=2 | *tūl-um-k || tūlum || rowspan=2 | tūlvivā || rowspan=2 | tūlūk || || || tuł || tułung
|-
|-
! Vocative
! Vocative
| *tūl-w-e || tūlve || rowspan=2 colspan=2 | || ||
| *tūl-w-e || tūlve || rowspan=2 colspan=2 | || rowspan=3 colspan=2 |
|-
|-
! Accusative
! Accusative
| *tūl-u-m-u || *tūl-w-es || *tūl-u-jir || tūlumu || tūlves || tūluyih || ||
| *tūl-u-m-u || *tūl-w-es || *tūl-u-jir || tūlumu || tūlves || tūluyih
|-
|-
! Ergative
! Ergative
| *tūl-u-go || *tūl-w-ēn || *tūl-u-m-ūn || tūluga || tūlvyan || tūlumūn || rowspan=2 | || || ||
| *tūl-u-go || *tūl-w-ēn || *tūl-u-m-ūn || tūluga || tūlvyan || tūlumūn || rowspan=2 | ||
|-
|-
! Genitive
! Genitive
| *tūl-u-m-i || *tūl-w-ajwo || *tūl-u-m-nān || tūlumi || tūlveva || tūluṃrān || || ||
| *tūl-u-m-i || *tūl-w-ajwo || *tūl-u-m-nān || tūlumi || tūlveva || tūluṃrān || || tułume || tułunä
|-
|-
! Instrumental
! Instrumental
| *tūl-u-m-op || rowspan=3 | *tūl-u-bʱan || *tūl-um-nīko || tūlumap || rowspan=3 | tūlubhan || tūluṃrīka || rowspan=4 colspan=2 | || ||
| *tūl-u-m-op || rowspan=3 | *tūl-u-bʱan || *tūl-um-nīko || tūlumap || rowspan=3 | tūlubhan || tūluṃrīka || rowspan=4 colspan=2 | || rowspan=4 colspan=2 |
|-
|-
! Exessive
! Exessive
| *tūl-u-m-ot || *tūl-u-mōn || tūlumat || tūlumān || ||
| *tūl-u-m-ot || *tūl-u-mōn || tūlumat || tūlumān
|-
|-
! Ablative
! Ablative
| *tūl-u-m-ux || *tūl-w-ajnits || tūlumų || tūlvenīs || ||
| *tūl-u-m-ux || *tūl-w-ajnits || tūlumų || tūlvenīs
|-
|-
! Translative
! Translative
| *tūl-u-m-on || rowspan=2 | *tūl-w-ix || *tūl-u-nt || tūluman || rowspan=2 | tūlvį || tūlūt || ||
| *tūl-u-m-on || rowspan=2 | *tūl-w-ix || *tūl-u-nt || tūluman || rowspan=2 | tūlvį || tūlūt
|-
|-
! Dative
! Dative
| *tūl-u-m-awm || *tūl-u-m-sām || tūlumom || tūluṃsām || || || ||
| *tūl-u-m-awm || *tūl-u-m-sām || tūlumom || tūluṃsām || || || tułumaw || tułusä
|-
|-
! Essive
! Essive
| *tūl-u-m-x || rowspan=2 | *tūl-u-nne || *tūl-u-gem || tūlų || rowspan=2 | tūlunne || tūlugem || rowspan=2 colspan=2 | || ||
| *tūl-u-m-x || rowspan=2 | *tūl-u-nne || *tūl-u-gem || tūlų || rowspan=2 | tūlunne || tūlugem || rowspan=2 colspan=2 | || rowspan=2 colspan=2 |
|-
|-
! Locative
! Locative
| *tūl-u-m-n(j)aj || *tūl-u-ʕīm || tūluṃrye || tūlulīm || ||
| *tūl-u-m-n(j)aj || *tūl-u-ʕīm || tūluṃrye || tūlulīm
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=11 | i-stems
! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=11 | i-stems
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|-
|-
! Direct
! Direct
| *sgāt-i-m || rowspan=2 | *sgāt-i-iwā || rowspan=2 | *sgāt-i-ms || ṛgātim || rowspan=2 | ṛgātīvā || rowspan=2 | ṛgātīs || || || ||
| *sgāt-i-m || rowspan=2 | *sgāt-i-iwā || rowspan=2 | *sgāt-im-k || ṛgātim || rowspan=2 | ṛgātīvā || rowspan=2 | ṛgātīk || || || ||
|-
|-
! Vocative
! Vocative
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====Pronouns====
====Pronouns====
Only the first- and second-person pronouns are reliably reconstructible in Proto-Lahob; it probably did not have common third person pronouns nor those differing in formality (which are found in Chlouvānem and, in a different way, in Coastal Tlengast) - the pronoun declension was apparently marginally productive and terms which were used as pronouns were sometimes analogically added to it — first of all, the development of Chlouvānem's 2SG formal equal pronoun ''ravi'' starting from the Lällshag borrowing ''rawe'' can be seen in texts from the early centuries of the Second Era; also using nouns instead of pronouns is not uncommon among Lahob languages, as do, without a change in declension, contemporary Chlouvānem, most of its descendants, as well as some Pwaɬasd-Ngos languages.
Only the first- and second-person pronouns are reliably reconstructible in Proto-Lahob; it probably did not have common third person pronouns nor those differing in formality (which are found in Chlouvānem, most of its descendants, and, in a different way, in many Kenaywanic languages) - the pronoun declension was apparently marginally productive and terms which were used as pronouns were sometimes analogically added to it — first of all, the development of Chlouvānem's 2SG formal equal pronoun ''tami'' starting from the Lällshag borrowing ''tame'' can be seen in texts from the early centuries of the Second Era; also using nouns instead of pronouns is not uncommon among Lahob languages, as do, without a change in declension, contemporary Chlouvānem, most of its descendants, as well as some Tłašnelek languages.


Like most modern Lahob languages - Chlouvānem is, this time, the exception - the Proto-Lahob second person pronouns distinguished natural gender both in the singular and in the plural; while both plural second person pronouns have vanished from Chlouvānem (though the feminine one's direct and genitive cases only are attested in Archaic Chlouvānem), the feminine singular is reflected as the formal superior and the masculine singular as the formal inferior. Some Kenaywanic languages, as e.g. Łōpian, have also simplified the system by only retaining the originally masculine forms.<br/>
Like most modern Lahob languages - Chlouvānem is, this time, the exception - the Proto-Lahob second person pronouns distinguished natural gender both in the singular and in the plural; while all plural pronouns have vanished from Chlouvānem (though the 2PL feminine one's direct and genitive cases only are attested in Archaic Chlouvānem), the feminine singular is reflected as the formal superior and the masculine singular as the formal inferior. Some Kenaywanic languages, as e.g. Łōpian, have also simplified the system by only retaining the originally masculine forms.<br/>
The dual forms may not be reliably reconstructed (as anywhere in Proto-Lahob morphology) because Chlouvānem is the only attested Lahob language with a dual form (excluding a few of its daughter languages).
The dual forms may not be reliably reconstructed (as anywhere in Proto-Lahob morphology) because Chlouvānem is the only attested Lahob language with a dual form (excluding a few of its daughter languages, as well as closely related Western Ancient Chlouvānem).


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | Proto-Lahob !! rowspan=2 | [[Chlouvānem]] !! colspan=3 | Central Lahobic !! colspan=3 | Nayzehenyn !! colspan=3 | Łogawenek !! colspan=2 | Kenaywanic !! colspan=2 | Tłašnelek  
! rowspan=2 | Proto-Lahob !! rowspan=2 | [[Chlouvānem]] !! colspan=4 | Central Lahobic !! colspan=4 | Nayzehenyn !! colspan=4 | Łogawenek !! colspan=2 | Kenaywanic !! colspan=2 | Tłašnelek  
|-
|-
! Proto-CL !! Łohof-aðá !! Sulutamilian<br/>Minwan !! Proto-N. !! Yełeshian Lawo !! Shershan Lawo !! Proto-Ł. !! Łaȟoḇarir !! Łogawe !! Proto-K. !! Łōpian !! Proto-T. !! Kpunnuan<br/>Tłašnelek
! Proto-CL !! Łohofál !! Sulutamilian<br/>Minwan !! Łokudár !! Proto-N. !! Yełeshian Lawo !! Shershan Lawo !! Nahawi !! Proto-Ł. !! Łaȟoḇaror !! Łogawe !! Aem !! Proto-K. !! Łōpian !! Proto-T. !! Kpunnuan<br/>Tłašnelek
|-
|-
! *ʕiŋi, *ʕ- "I"
! *ʕiŋi, *ʕ- "I"
| lili || ''*oŋi'' || ngi || oni || ''*eŋ͡mi'' || em̃e || em̃ || ''*eŋ'' || eng || en || ''*emʲe'' || emь || ''*oŋ͡mi'' || oŋmi
| lili || ''*oŋi'' || ngi || oni || oni || ''*eŋ͡mi'' || em̃e || em̃ || im̃ || ''*eŋ'' || eng || en || eng || ''*emʲe'' || emь || ''*oŋ͡mi'' || oŋmi
|-
|-
! *kūri, *k- "you (masculine sg)"
! *rowi, *r- "you (masculine sg)"
| kūri || ''*kuri'' || kuy || kul || ''*kuri'' || kuy || kuy || ''*kur'' || ki || kur || ''*kurʲe'' || kirь || ''*kōli'' || kui
| ravi || ''*rōy'' || loy || loa || roy || ''*roy'' || rwe || ya || || ''*ruy'' || yuy || ruy || ruy || ''*rᵞovʲi'' || rъey || ''*law'' || naw
|-
|-
! *noni, *nəj- "you (feminine sg)"
! *nomi, *nəj- "you (feminine sg)"
| nani || ''*noy'' || no || noa || ''*nay'' || ney || nē || ''*nɔn'' || no || na || ''*none'' || — || ''*nani'' || nai
| nami || ''*noy'' || no || noa || noy || ''*nay'' || ney || nē || nē || ''*nɔm'' || no || na || nwŏ || ''*nome'' || — || ''*nami'' || nai
|-
|-
! *majin, *m-/*maj- "we"
! *muxmō~mexjō, *mux-/*me- "we"
| main || ''*mēn'' || men || min || ''*mɛy'' || me || mē || ''*mɛn'' || nän || || ''*mᵞen'' || mъen || ''*mēn'' ||
| || ''*muma'' || mun || mum || mun || ''*mɛy'' || me || mē || mē || ''*mɛn'' || nän || nä || mye || ''*mᵞen'' || mъen || ''*moȟō'' || mohu
|-
|-
! *korin, *kro-/*koj- "you (masculine pl)"
! *korin, *kro-/*koj- "you (masculine pl)"
| — || ''*kōn'' || kon || kun || ''*kran'' || qan || kan || ''*kɔr'' || kon || kar || ''*korʲin'' || kerьn || ''*kōn'' || kuki
| — || ''*kōn'' || kon || kun || ku || ''*kran'' || qan || kan || qan || ''*kɔr'' || kon || kar || kwŏ || ''*korʲin'' || kerьn || ''*kōn'' || kuki
|-
|-
! *nogin, *(ə)ŋg- "you (feminine pl)"
! *nogin, *(ə)ŋg- "you (feminine pl)"
| nagin || ''*olin'' || ðin || onen || ''*nawn'' || non || nam̃ || ''*nɔk'' || — || nak || ''*nokin'' || — || ''*nokin'' || noki
| nagin || ''*olin'' || ðin || onen || thi || ''*nawn'' || non || nam̃ || nam̃ || ''*nɔk'' || — || nak || nwŏk || ''*nokin'' || — || ''*nokin'' || noki
|}
|}


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==Basic cognates==
==Basic cognates==
===Numbers 1-12===
===Numbers 1-12===
All Lahob languages have a duodecimal numeral system. Here are the numbers from 1 to 12 (10<sub>12</sub>) in some of them. Note that there is no common word for "zero" (most of them use the word for "nothing"; Chlouvānem has the Lällshag borrowing ''ajrā''). The Proto-Lahob numerals for three and six are based on finger counting, being the word for "finger" and its dual form (some languages have innovated a newer word for finger with a later derivation, cf. Chl. ''pamuvis'', Yeł. Lawo ''kpim̃í''); Kenaywanic and Tłašnelek also have the root *den, "phalanx", for one – which is reflected in all languages' word for Ɛ, *wewʕe-den, or "one phalanx more [to twelve]".<br/>Some languages, notably Nayzehenyn ones, have three as a sub-base, and their word for twelve is "four fingers" or "four times three".
All Lahob languages have a duodecimal numeral system. Here are the numbers from 1 to 12 (10<sub>12</sub>) in some of them. Note that there is no common word for "zero" (most of them use the word for "nothing"; Chlouvānem has the Lällshag borrowing ''ajrā''). The Proto-Lahob numerals for three and six are based on finger counting, being the word for "finger" and its dual form (some languages have innovated a newer word for finger with a later derivation, cf. Chl. ''pamuvis'', Yeł. Lawo ''kpim̃í''); Kenaywanic and Tłašnelek also have the root *den, "phalanx", for one – which is reflected in all languages' word for Ɛ, *wewʕe-den, or "one phalanx more [to twelve]". It is also notable that *tītijo, used for "eight" in all branches except for Nayzehenyn and Chlouvānem, also means "limbs", referring to legs, feet, arms, and hands.<br/> Nayzehenyn languages have three as a sub-base and their word for twelve is "four fingers" or "four times three".
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | Proto-Lahob !! rowspan=2 | [[Chlouvānem]] !! colspan=3 | Central Lahobic !! colspan=3 | Nayzehenyn !! colspan=3 | Łogawenek !! colspan=2 | Kenaywanic !! colspan=2 | Tłašnelek
! rowspan=2 | Proto-Lahob !! rowspan=2 | [[Chlouvānem]] !! colspan=4 | Central Lahobic !! colspan=4 | Nayzehenyn !! colspan=4 | Łogawenek !! colspan=2 | Kenaywanic !! colspan=2 | Tłašnelek
|-
|-
! Proto-CL !! Łohof-aðá !! Sulutamilian<br/>Minwan !! Proto-N. !! Yełeshian Lawo !! Shershan Lawo !! Proto-Ł. !! Łaȟoḇarir !! Łogawe !! Proto-K. !! Łōplan !! Proto-T. !! Kpunnuan<br/>Tłašnelek
! Proto-CL !! Łohofál !! Sulutamilian<br/>Minwan !! Łokudár !! Proto-N. !! Yełeshian Lawo !! Shershan Lawo !! Nahawi !! Proto-Ł. !! Łaȟoḇaror !! Łogawe !! Aem !! Proto-K. !! Łōplan !! Proto-T. !! Kpunnuan<br/>Tłašnelek
|-
|-
! *jemibɨ ~ *denə <small>"one"</small>
! *jemibɨ ~ *denə <small>"one"</small>
| emibe || ''*yempu'' || yew || empu || ''*imbo'' || im̃u || im̃o || ''*zɛmeb'' || sämeḇ || zɛwm || ''*deno'' || de || ''*ten'' || ti
| emibe || ''*yempu'' || yew || empu || yiw || ''*imbo'' || im̃u || im̃o || im̃u || ''*zɛmeb'' || sämeḇ || zäwm || šeme || ''*deno'' || de || ''*ten'' || ti
|-
|-
! *doni <small>"two"</small>
! *doni <small>"two"</small>
| dani || ''*doni'' || doy || dun || ''*done'' || dun || dōn || ''*dɔn'' || don || da || ''*doni'' || ni || ''*tani'' || tani
| dani || ''*doni'' || doy || dun || don || ''*done'' || dun || dōn || dōn || ''*dɔn'' || don || da || dwŏ || ''*doni'' || ni || ''*tani'' || tani
|-
|-
! *pāmwəj <small>"three"</small>
! *pāmwəj <small>"three"</small>
| pāmvi || ''*faŋi'' || feng || fen || ''*pɔŋ͡me'' || kpem̃ || kpam̃ || ''*paŋ'' || päng || pan || ''*pᵞamᵞi'' || pъem || ''*pāmwe'' || paw
| pāmvi || ''*faŋi'' || feng || fen || han || ''*pɔŋ͡me'' || kpem̃ || kpam̃ || kpam̃ || ''*paŋ'' || päng || pan || fang || ''*pᵞamᵞi'' || pъem || ''*pāmwe'' || paw
|-
|-
! *nexɬə(te) <small>"four"</small>
! *nexɬə(te) <small>"four"</small>
| nęlte || ''*netłet'' || nełe || netłe || ''*neetɬo'' || nitłu || nētło || ''*nɛɬ'' || näł || nɛł || ''*nehɬo'' || nał || ''*neȟtɬo'' || nihtło
| nęlte || ''*netłet'' || nełe || netłe || nełë || ''*neetɬo'' || nitłu || nētło || nīnu || ''*nɛɬ'' || näł || näł || nyeł || ''*nehɬo'' || nał || ''*neȟtɬo'' || nihtło
|-
|-
! *sjuŋko <small>"five"</small>
! *sjuŋko <small>"five"</small>
| šulka || ''*sunko'' || suk || sunku || ''*siŋka'' || sink || sink || ''*huŋk'' || hing || hun || ''*simʲo'' || sumь || ''*šoŋka'' || soka
| šulka || ''*sunko'' || suk || sunku || šonë || ''*siŋka'' || sink || sink || šinka || ''*huŋk'' || hing || hun || huk || ''*simʲo'' || sumь || ''*šoŋka'' || soka
|-
|-
! *pāmujwā <small>"six"</small>
! *pāmujwā <small>"six"</small>
| <small>''(tulūɂa)''</small> || ''*famowá'' || fangwá || famwá || ''*pɔmewɔ́'' || kpengbé || kpegbá || ''*pamuwa'' || pämiw || pamua || ''*pᵞɑmᵞiwɑ'' || pâmâ || ''*pāmowā'' || pamoa
| <small>''(tulūɂa)''</small> || ''*famowá'' || fangwá || famwá || howá || ''*pɔmewɔ́'' || kpengbé || kpegbá || kpikpá || ''*pamuwa'' || pämiw || pamua || fawa || ''*pᵞɑmᵞiwɑ'' || pâmâ || ''*pāmowā'' || pamoa
|-
|-
! *cʰīko <small>"seven"</small>
! *cʰīko <small>"seven"</small>
| chīka || ''*siko'' || sik || siku || ''*ʃika'' || šika || šik || ''*sik'' || siȟ || si || ''*siko'' || suk || ''*čīka'' || kica
| chīka || ''*siko'' || sik || siku || šikë || ''*ʃika'' || šika || šik || šia || ''*sik'' || siȟ || si || sik || ''*siko'' || suk || ''*čīka'' || kica
|-
|-
! *tītijo <small>"eight"</small>
! *tītijo ~ *məbuŋo <small>"eight"</small>
| tītya || ''*tiso'' || tis || sisun || ''*titʃa'' || tiš || tiš || ''*tis'' || tis || tis || ''*tiyo'' || ti || ''*tīča'' || tica
| mbula || ''*tiso'' || tis || sisun || tišë || ''*g͡buŋ͡ma'' || gbum̃o || gbum̃a || kpuža || ''*tis'' || tis || tis || tis || ''*tiyo'' || ti || ''*tīča'' || tica
|-
|-
! *mawɟo <small>"nine"</small>
! *mawɟo <small>"nine"</small>
| moja || ''*mōlo'' || moð || munu || ''*mɔdʒa'' || mož || m̃až || ''*mawz'' || nos || nawz || ''*mᵞɑzo'' || moz || ''*mōča'' || muca
| moja || ''*mōlo'' || moð || munu || muthë || ''*mɔdʒa'' || mož || m̃až || maža || ''*mawz'' || nos || nawz || ma || ''*mᵞɑzo'' || moz || ''*mōča'' || muca
|-
|-
! *tofaʕdo <small>"ten"</small>
! *tofaʕdo <small>"ten"</small>
| tålda || ''*tofad'' || tof || tofa || ''*tafoda'' || tor || tahoy || ''*tɔfɑd'' || torf || taha || ''*tofᵞɑdo'' || tofъ || ''*tafōta'' || tafuta
| tålda || ''*tofad'' || tof || tofa || toha || ''*tafoda'' || tor || tahoy || tawra || ''*tɔfɑd'' || torf || taha || twŏϑ || ''*tofᵞɑdo'' || tofъ || ''*tafōta'' || tafuta
|-
|-
! *wewʕe-den <small>"eleven"</small>
! *wewʕe-den <small>"eleven"</small>
| vælden || ''*wālen'' || waðen || wane || ''*yɔwdin'' || wedin || wahdin || ''*wɑdɛn'' || warä || waɛ || ''*vʲɑden'' || ved || ''*wawaten'' || wate
| vælden || ''*wālen'' || waðen || wane || wothi || ''*yɔwdin'' || wedin || wahdin || warin || ''*wɑdɛn'' || warä || waä || ŏye || ''*vʲɑden'' || ved || ''*wawaten'' || wate
|-
|-
! *māmōwə ~ *nexɬəpāmwəj <small>"twelve"</small>
! *māmōwə ~ *nexɬəpāmwəj <small>"twelve"</small>
| māmei || ''*mamō'' || maw || mamu || ''*neetɬɔŋ͡me'' || nitłem̃ || nēłam̃ || ''*mamu'' || näm || namu || ''*mᵞɑmᵞo'' || momъ || ''*māmōwo'' || mamo
| māmei || ''*mamō'' || maw || mamu || mu || ''*neetɬɔŋ͡me'' || nitłem̃ || nēłam̃ || nīnwam̃ || ''*mamu'' || näm || namu || mamu || ''*mᵞɑmᵞo'' || momъ || ''*māmōwo'' || mamo
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | Proto-Lahob !! rowspan=2 | [[Chlouvānem]] !! colspan=3 | Central Lahobic !! colspan=3 | Nayzehenyn !! colspan=3 | Łogawenek !! colspan=2 | Kenaywanic !! colspan=2 | Tłašnelek
! rowspan=2 | Proto-Lahob !! rowspan=2 | [[Chlouvānem]] !! colspan=4 | Central Lahobic !! colspan=4 | Nayzehenyn !! colspan=4 | Łogawenek !! colspan=2 | Kenaywanic !! colspan=2 | Tłašnelek
|-
|-
! Proto-CL !! Łohof-aðá !! Sulutamilian Minwan !! Proto-N. !! Yełeshian Lawo !! Shershan Lawo !! Proto-Ł. !! Łaȟoḇarir !! Łogawe !! Proto-K. !! Łōpian !! Proto-T. !! Kpunnuan<br/>Tłašnelek
! Proto-CL !! Łohofál !! Sulutamilian<br/>Minwan !! Łokudár !! Proto-N. !! Yełeshian<br/>Lawo !! Shershan<br/>Lawo !! Nahawi !! Proto-Ł. !! Łaȟoḇaror !! Łogawe !! Aem !! Proto-K. !! Łōpian !! Proto-T. !! Kpunnuan<br/>Tłašnelek
|-
! *bujnā<small>"father"</small>
| būnā || ''*pōna'' || pon || puna || punë || ''*benɔ'' || bem̃e || bim̃a || pim̃a || ''*buna'' || bin || bun || bua || ''*pᵞinɑ'' || pъen || ''*ponā'' || pona
|-
! *mejnā <small>"mother"</small>
| meinā || ''*mēna'' || mene || mina || minë || ''*menɔ'' || mem̃e || mim̃a || mim̃a || ''*mina'' || nin || nin || mia || ''*mʲena'' || mьan || ''*mīnā'' || mena
|-
|-
! *ŋōntrom <small>"head"</small>  
! *ŋōntrom <small>"head"</small>  
| lāṇṭam || ''*ŋanto'' || ngat || nantu || ''*ŋ͡montra'' || m̃ontła || m̃ontła || ''*ŋonots'' || ngunec || nonoc || ''*mᵞuntorᵞu'' || mūtrъ || ''*ŋ͡mōnča'' || ŋmuca
| lāṇṭam || ''*ŋanto'' || ngat || nantu || notë || ''*ŋ͡montra'' || m̃ontła || m̃ontła || m̃uła || ''*ŋonots'' || ngunec || nonoc || ngonoc || ''*mᵞuntorᵞu'' || mūtrъ || ''*ŋ͡mōnča'' || ŋmuca
|-
|-
! *ʕiken, <small>PL.</small> *ʕewkjinɨ<br/><small>"arm(s)"</small>
! *ʕiken <small>"arm"</small>
| liken, læcin || ''*oken, *ēkin'' || ohen, ehin || oken, isin || ''*ekin, *yɔɔkyen'' || ekin, yokyen || ičin, yōčin || ''*ɛkɛn, *ɑsen'' || äȟän, asen || ɛɛ, ose || ''*eken, *ɑsin'' || ikn, ašn || ''*oken, *āčin'' || oke, aci
| || ''*oken'' || ohen || oken || oke || ''*ekin'' || ekin || ičin || īn || ''*ɛkɛn'' || äȟän || ää || yehye || ''*eken'' || ikn || ''*oken'' || oke
|-
|-
! *√ʕiŋ- <small>"to live"</small>
! *√ʕiŋ- <small>"to live"</small>
| √lil- || ''*oŋ-'' || ang- || on- || ''*eŋ͡m-'' || em̃- || im̃- || ''*ɛŋ-'' || eng- || ɛn- || ''*emʲ/mᵞ-'' || emь- ~ emъ- || ''*oŋ͡m-'' || oŋm-
| √lil- || ''*oŋ-'' || ang- || on- || an- || ''*eŋ͡m-'' || em̃- || im̃- || im̃- || ''*ɛŋ-'' || eng- || än- || yeng- || ''*emʲ/mᵞ-'' || emь- ~ emъ- || ''*oŋ͡m-'' || oŋm-
|-
|-
! *√gʷʱi-, <small>"to take care of"</small>
! *√gʷʱi-, <small>"to take care of"</small>
| √bhi- || ''*ɡ͡bi-'' || gbi- || gbi- || ''*ɡ͡bi-'' || gbi- || gbi- || ''*ɡ͡bi-'' || gbi- || gbi- || ''*ki-'' || ki- || ''*k͡pi-'' || kpi-
| √bhi- || ''*ɡ͡bi-'' || gbi- || gbi- || gbi- || ''*ɡ͡bi-'' || gbi- || gbi- || kpi- || ''*ɡ͡bi-'' || gbi- || gbi- || gbi- || ''*ki-'' || ki- || ''*k͡pi-'' || kpi-
|-
|-
! *mwerkos <small>"black"</small>
! *mwerkos <small>"black"</small>
| murkas || ''*ŋero'' || ngel || nel || ''*ŋ͡mereko'' || m̃ereku || m̃eyeko || ''*ŋɛrk'' || ngäk || nɛk || ''*mᵞerʲɑ'' || marь || ''*mwēka'' || mwéka
| murkas || ''*ŋero'' || ngel || nel || nerë || ''*ŋ͡mereko'' || m̃ereku || m̃eyeko || m̃iriu || ''*ŋɛrk'' || ngäk || näk || ngek || ''*mᵞerʲɑ'' || marь || ''*mwēka'' || mwéka
|-
|-
! *ɣuŋjā <small>"moon"</small>
! *ɣuŋjā <small>"moon"</small>
| huliā || ''*ruyà'' || uyá || oá || ''*guyyɔ́'' || ožwé || ožwá || ''*xoja'' || ȟuy || goy || ''*wumʲɑ'' || mьâ || ''*xonyā'' || hoya
| huliā || ''*ruyà'' || uyá || oá || uyá || ''*guyyɔ́'' || ožwé || ožwá || wožá || ''*xoja'' || ȟuy || goy || ea || ''*wumʲɑ'' || mьâ || ''*xonyā'' || hoya
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! *gistoros <small>"young"</small>
! *gistoros <small>"young"</small>
| giṣṭaras || ''*kitoro'' || kitol || sitol || ''*yestor'' || ehtu || ihtu || ''*ketɔr'' || kedoy || kedar || ''*kitorᵞa'' || kurâ || ''*yešala'' || cihna
| giṣṭaras || ''*kitoro'' || kitol || sitol || kitorë || ''*yestor'' || ehtu || ihtu || ihtur || ''*ketɔr'' || kedoy || kedar || keϑwŏ || ''*kitorᵞa'' || kurâ || ''*yešala'' || cihna
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! *tāmiro <small>"stone"</small>
! *tāmiro <small>"stone"</small>
| tāmira || ''*tamiro'' || tamil || tamil || ''*tomur'' || tom̃ || tomu || ''*tamer'' || tämey || tamer || ''*tamʲirᵞo'' || temьurъ || ''*tāmila'' || temna
| tāmira || ''*tamiro'' || tamil || tamil || tamurë || ''*tomur'' || tom̃ || tomu || tumur || ''*tamer'' || tämey || tamer || tame || ''*tamʲirᵞo'' || temьurъ || ''*tāmila'' || temna
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! *liŋkajnet <small>"family"</small>
! *liŋkajnet <small>"family"</small>
| — || ''*ɬikēnet'' || łihet || łisine || ''*ɬeŋkɛyni'' || łenkey || łinkēn || ''*ɬeŋkɛnɛt'' || łengkäd || łenkɛnt || ''*lʲinkene'' || līkne || ''*ɬiŋkēne'' || łikéne
| — || ''*ɬikēnet'' || łihet || łisine || łikinë ||  ''*ɬeŋkɛyni'' || łenkey || łinkēn || ninkēni || ''*ɬeŋkɛnɛt'' || łengkäd || łenkänt || łekyet || ''*lʲinkene'' || līkne || ''*ɬiŋkēne'' || łikéne
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! *frātos <small>"wind"</small>
! *frātos <small>"wind"</small>
| prātas || ''*fato'' || fat || fat || ''*fwɔt'' || fuwe || wat || ''*frat'' || rät || hrat || ''*fʲatɑ'' || fьât || ''*fwāta'' || fwota
| prātas || ''*fato'' || fat || fat || hatë || ''*fwɔt'' || fuwe || wat || wat || ''*frat'' || rät || hrat || fat || ''*fʲatɑ'' || fьât || ''*fwāta'' || fwota
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! *xadono <small>"sun"</small>
! *xadono <small>"sun"</small>
| hånna || ''*rolon'' || oðon || onon || ''*kalona'' || kano || kayon || ''*xɑnd'' || ȟan || gan || ''*wadon'' || wodn || ''*xatana'' || hahna
| hånna || ''*rolon'' || oðon || onon || othu || ''*kalona'' || kano || kayon || kanun || ''*xɑnd'' || ȟan || gan || ŏϑ || ''*wadon'' || wodn || ''*xatana'' || hahna
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! *ʕanaj <small>"island"</small>  
! *ʕanaj <small>"island"</small>  
| lanai || ''*anē'' || ane || ani || ''*ɔney'' || wene || wanē || ''*ɑnɛ'' || anä || onɛ || ''*ɑne'' || ân || ''*onē'' || oné
| lanai || ''*anē'' || ane || ani || ani || ''*ɔney'' || wene || wanē || wanē || ''*ɑnɛ'' || anä || onä || ŏi || ''*ɑne'' || ân || ''*onē'' || oné
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! *siwás <small>"animal"</small>  
! *siwás <small>"animal"</small>  
| švas || ''*hiwó'' || iwó || hiwú || ''*siwá'' || swa || siwá || ''*hew'' || hew || ew || ''*šiwa'' || šew || ''*šiwa'' || sia
| švas || ''*hiwó'' || iwó || hiwú || iwó || ''*siwá'' || swa || siwá || šiwá || ''*hew'' || hew || ew || hyŏ || ''*šiwa'' || šew || ''*šiwa'' || sia
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! *jetiror <small>"stranger, foreigner"</small>  
! *jetiror <small>"stranger, foreigner"</small>  
| etirah <small>"customer"</small> || ''*yetiru'' || yetil || esil || ''*yetir'' || eti || itir || ''*zɛter'' || särt || zɛc || ''*itirᵞo'' || iturъ || ''*yetila'' || citina
| etirah <small>"customer"</small> || ''*yetiru'' || yetil || esil || yetir || ''*yetir'' || eti || itir || itiš || ''*zɛter'' || särt || zäc || šeϑe || ''*itirᵞo'' || iturъ || ''*yetila'' || citina
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! *ēʕto <small>"trace, footprint"</small>  
! *ēʕto <small>"trace, footprint"</small>  
| yalta<br/><small>"symbol, ..."</small> || ''*āto'' || ato || at || ''*aata'' || āta || āt || ''*ɛt'' || ät || ɛt || ''*eta'' || eta || ''*āta'' || ata
| yalta<br/><small>"symbol, ..."</small> || ''*āto'' || ato || at || otë || ''*aata'' || āta || āt || ēta || ''*ɛt'' || ät || ät || yet || ''*eta'' || eta || ''*āta'' || ata
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! *lanisí <small>"braid"</small>  
! *lanisí <small>"braid"</small>  
| lañši<br/><small>"marriage, ..."</small> || ''*ɬonisí'' || łonisí <small>"sausage"</small> || łonití <small>"chain"</small> || ''*ɬanisi'' || łanisi <small>"chain"</small> || łanis <small>"rope"</small> || ''*ɬɑnes'' <small>"chain"</small> || łaner || łoz || ''*lᵞaniší'' || weši || ''*ɬaniši'' || łanisi
| lañši<br/><small>"marriage, ..."</small> || ''*ɬonisí'' || łonisí <small>"sausage"</small> || łonití <small>"chain"</small> || łuší <small>"sausage"</small> || ''*ɬanisi'' || łanisi <small>"chain"</small> || łanis <small>"rope"</small> || naniš <small>"rope"</small> || ''*ɬɑnes'' <small>"chain"</small> || łaner || łoz || łŏr || ''*lᵞaniší'' || weši || ''*ɬaniši'' || łanisi
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! *hōwrar <small>"summer"</small>
| heirah<br/><small>"year"</small> || colspan=4 | — || ''*hor'' || ho <small>"heat"</small> || ħor || hur || ''*urɑ'' || iya || ura || urŏ || colspan=2 | — || colspan=2 | —
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==Comparison sentences==
Comparison of sentences in different Lahob languages:
* '''English''': I ate three fish.
* Proto-Lahob (reconstructed): *ʕiŋi pāmwəju dalətu juxlāw te.
''Chlouvānem languages''
* Chlouvānem: ''(lili) pāmvyu daltu yųlaute.'' {{IPA|[ɴ̆iɴ̆i päːmʋju däɴ̆tu jṳɴ̆äʊ̯te]}}
** Līlasuṃghāṇi vernacular: ''lil pœy dolɂee ulat.'' {{IPA|[ɴ̆iŋ ˌpœːi̯ duɴ̆ˈɁeː ˈyːɴ̆ɐt]}}
** Lāltaṣveyi vernacular: ''li pamb dôltô zuld.'' {{IPA|[ɴ̆i ˌpamb ˈdɔɴ̆tɔ ˈzuɴ̆d]}}
** Lāmberhāti vernacular: ''lil pamf dôlt julôd.'' {{IPA|[ɴ̆iw̃ ˌpaɱf ˈdɔɴ̆t ˈdʒuɴ̆ɔð̞]}}
* Western Ancient Chlouvānem: ''(lilǝ) pāmbǝyu dartu yūrwåǝtǝ'' {{IPA|*[ɴ̆iɴ̆ǝ päːmbǝju därtu juːrwɔʊ̯tǝ]}} <small>''(reconstructed pronunciation)''</small>
''Central Lahobic languages''
* Łohofál: ''ngi yułot feng dołit.'' {{IPA|[ŋi ˈjuɬɔt fɛŋ ˈdɔɬit]}}
* Dal Ming Wang: ''ngi yułut fang dołit.'' {{IPA|[ŋi ˈjuɬut faŋ ˈdɔɬit]}}
* Sulutamilian Minwan: ''oni ułut fen dołet.'' {{IPA|[ˈoni ˈuɬut fen ˈdoɬet]}}
* Łokudár: ''oni yułutë han dołitë.'' {{IPA|[ˈoni ˈjuɬutə han ˈdoɬitə]}}
* Tłowpedar: ''on yołt fan dołit.'' {{IPA|[ˈɔn ˈjɔɬt fan ˈdɔɬit]}}
''Nayzehenyn languages''
* Yełeshian Lawo: ''em̃e kpem̃ dałit yułwet.'' {{IPA|[ˈɛŋ͡mɛ k͡pɛŋ͡m ˈdaɬit ˈjuɬwɛt]}}
* Shershan Lawo: ''em̃ kpam̃ dałit yułwat.'' {{IPA|[ɛŋ͡m k͡paŋ͡m ˈdaɬit ˈjuɬwat]}}
* Nahawi: ''im̃ kpam̃ tanit yum̃at.'' {{IPA|[ɪŋ͡m k͡paŋ͡m ˈtanit ˈjuŋ͡mat]}}
''Tłašnelek languages''
* Kpunnuan Tłašnelek: ''oŋmit paw tałca cohlo.'' {{IPA|[ˈɔŋ͡mit paw ˈtaɬt͡sa ˈt͡sɔɦlɔ]}}
* Temyaonean Tłašnelek: ''oŋmit po tatła cotło.'' {{IPA|[ˈɔŋ͡mit pɔ ˈtat͡ɬa ˈt͡sɔt͡ɬɔ]}}
* Bōmon Tātō: ''oŋmit pōm tāša žōło.'' {{IPA|[ˈɔŋ͡mit poːm ˈtaːʃa ˈʒoːɬo]}}


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