Koyanic languages

The Koyanic languages are a language family found throughout the Koyan region of western Fountainhead, with languages spoken in Qnōp', Krobu and Kóty.

Internal Classification
Koyanic is divided into three major branches based on their reflex of the Proto-Koyanic numeral *qx₂əc "one", which demonstrates some characteristic sound changes of each branch and appears in the formation *qx₂əc-kʰə́mə "one-people" which is used as an endonym in several daughter languages.


 * Qak merges the palatals into the velars, merges aspirated and plain plosives.
 * Qʼač innovates ejectives from clusters of obstruents and laryngeals, retains voiceless sonorants.
 * Gäj merges the uvulars into the velars and voices the plain plosives *p *t *c *k → *b *d *ɟ *g.

The Qʼač and Gäj branches form the nuclear Arklobu-Qachkav group by virtue of both being descended from the Proto-Arklobu-Qachkav language. The proposed phylogenetic tree is shown below.
 * Koyanic
 * Qak
 * Qakhɯ́mɯ
 * Arklobu-Qachkav
 * Qʼač
 * Qʼachkav
 * Hnäzb
 * Gäj
 * Arklobu
 * Nambāno