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Koshin
Koshin
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	3,000 (2011)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Western Beboid (geographic) Koshin; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kid
Glottolog	kosh1246
ELP	Koshin

Koshin is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It is traditionally classified as a Western Beboid language, but that has not been demonstrated to be a valid family.

"Koshin" is the name of the village the language is spoken in.

Phonology

Koshin Consonant Phonemes^[2]
		Labial	Dental	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n̪	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless		t̪		k
Plosive	voiced	b	d̪		g
Affricate	voiceless		t̪s̪	tʃ	kp
Affricate	voiced		d̪z̪	dʒ	gb
Fricative	voiceless	f	s̪	ʃ
Fricative	voiced		z̪	ʒ
Approximant			l̪	j	w

Koshin Vowel Phonemes^[2]
	Front		Central	Back
	Less rounded	Plain	Central	Less rounded	Plain
Close	i̜	i	ɨ̜	u̜	u
Close-mid	e		ə
Open-mid	ɛ		ə	ɔ
Open	æ		a

There are three tones; high, mid, and low.

References

^ Koshin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Good, Jeff and Lovegren, Jesse and Mve, Jean Patrick and Tchiemouo, Nganguep Carine and Voll, Rebecca and Di Carlo, Pierpaolo. 2011. The languages of the Lower Fungom region of Cameroon: Grammatical overview. Africana Linguistica 17. 101–164.

Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.
Good, Jeff, & Jesse Lovegren. 2009. 'Reassessing Western Beboid'. Bantu III.
Good, Jeff, & Scott Farrar. 2008. 'Western Beboid and African language classification'. LSA.

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[e18-1] Koshin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[:0-2] Good, Jeff and Lovegren, Jesse and Mve, Jean Patrick and Tchiemouo, Nganguep Carine and Voll, Rebecca and Di Carlo, Pierpaolo. 2011. The languages of the Lower Fungom region of Cameroon: Grammatical overview. Africana Linguistica 17. 101–164.

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