The Koibal dialect is a dialect of the Kamas language or arguably another independent Sayan Samoyed language.[1] About 600 words of the Koibal dialect are known, but there are no grammatical descriptions of Koibal. The vocabulary of Koibal is very similar to Kamas proper. The Koibal dialect died around the 19th century. The Koibals assimilated into Turkic tribes.[2] There was a Koibal-Russian glossary published in 1806.[1] It is possible that it has a SOV word order, as so does Kamas.
| Koibal | |
|---|---|
| койбале сека | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Sayan Mountains |
| Ethnicity | Koibals |
| Extinct | 19th century |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
xas-koi | |
| Glottolog | samo1299 Samoyed Koibal |
 Map of Sayan Samoyedic languages | |
Matthias Castrén concluded that Koibal and Karagas have a Yeniseian substratum, after meeting with speakers who used Yeniseian words in their speech.
Kamas proper distinguishes the alveo-dental and palatal sibilants s, z vs. š, ž, however the Koibal dialect only has s and z.[3]
Vocabulary
edit| Koibal | English[1] |
|---|---|
| kubö | dead |
| udžüga | small |
| majna | bear |
| jugo | a lot |
| paale | be able to |
| kuju | brain |
| dalaj | sea |
| büze | man |
| me | we |
| uja | meat |
| num | sky |
| naga | doesn't |
| too | lake |
| de | he |
| oda | hand |
| ne | arrow |
| ajo | warm |
References
edit- ^ a b c Tamás, Janurik. "[SW-3] Kojbál szótár: a publikált szójegyzékek egyesített szótára". Segédanyagok a déli-szamojéd nyelvek szókészletének tanulmányozásához III. Budenz Alkotóház. Székesfehérvár 2021, 161 p.
- ^ I︠A︡rt︠s︡eva, V. N.; Eliseev, I︠U︡ S.; Maĭtinskai︠a︡, K. E.; Romanova, O. I.; Institut i︠a︡zykoznanii︠a︡ (Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk), eds. (1993). "Койбальский язык". I︠A︡zyki mira. Uralʹskie i︠a︡zyki. Moskva: Nauka. ISBN 978-5-02-011069-4. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ Gerson, Klumpp. Kamas. University of Tartu.
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