Koyanic languages

The Arklobu-Qachkav languages are a language family found throughout western Fountainhead, with languages spoken in T'ugü, 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.


 * Qak merges the palatals into the velars.
 * Qʼač innovates ejectives from clusters of obstruents and laryngeals.
 * Käc merges the uvulars into the velars

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