Koshin language

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
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	3,000 (2011)[1]
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 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
	voiced	b	d̪		g
Affricate	voiceless		t̪s̪	tʃ	kp
	voiced		d̪z̪	dʒ	gb
Fricative	voiceless	f	s̪	ʃ
	voiced		z̪	ʒ
Approximant			l̪	j	w

Koshin Vowel Phonemes^[2]

	Front		Central	Back
	Less rounded	Plain		Less rounded	Plain
Close	i̜	i	ɨ̜	u̜	u
Close-mid	e		ə
Open-mid	ɛ			ɔ
Open	æ		a

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

References

1. Koshin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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.

• 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.