Koyanic languages

The Arklobu-Qachkav languages are a language family found throughout western Fountainhead, with languages spoken in Qnōp', Kóty and Khey.

Internal Classification
Arklobu-Qachkav is divided into three major branches based on their reflex of the PAQ 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, reflects *c *cʰ as *z *s, and voices the plain plosives *p *t *k → *b *d *g.

The proposed phylogenetic tree is shown below.
 * Arklobu-Qachkav
 * Qak
 * Qʼač
 * Qʼachkav
 * Hnäzb
 * Gäj
 * Arklobu
 * Nambāno