Lahob languages: Difference between revisions

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The family takes its name from ''Łaȟoḇszer'', language of the ''Łaȟoḇ'' people, the largest and first studied in the Lahob heartlands.

Lahob languages nowadays are divided into five or six branches, four of which only spoken in a small area along the Orcish Straits and the tundra/taiga border:

Lahob languages nowadays are divided into five or six branches, four of which only spoken in a small area along the Orcish Straits and the tundra/taiga border (the eastern coast of Gathuráni and (for the Woŋom-Baan branch) far northwestern Kerbellion):

* ''Pwaɬasd-Ngos languages'', including Tundra Pwaɬasd, Forest Pwaɬasd (sometimes included in a Macro-Pwaɬasd language), Zerfek, Nehsy, and Ngos;

* ''Central Lahobic languages'', including Łaȟoḇszer (the language that gave its name to the family), Łokow, Yełeshian Lawo, and Shershan Lawo;

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These four languages are part of the so-called Subpolar Evandor Sprachbund, sharing features among them and with a few neighboring Kordegic languages and the easternmost rural dialects of Gathura.<br/>

The other two branches are spoken by groups that migrated southwards in prehistoric times:

* ''Šlokhowdeš'' is an isolate among the larger Lahob family, spoken in a hilly area in the Baran river basin in north-central Greater Evandor. Probably it is the only surviving language of a formerly larger branch.

* ''Šlokhowdeš'' is an isolate among the larger Lahob family, spoken in a hilly area in the Baran river basin in north-central Greater Evandor (an area politically divided between Koitrûx to the north and Alêig to the south). Probably it is the only surviving language of a formerly larger branch.

* ''Chlouvānem languages'' include [[Chlouvānem]] and all its descendants. Despite being by far the most spoken of the whole family and having the longest documented history, it took a long time to recognize the Lahob origin of Chlouvānem, due to many factors (including the long distance (some 10,000 km) from the Lahob homeland, the enormous lexical influence of other languages, the genetic difference between the Chlouvānem and other Lahob speakers (though mainly due to interbreeding with other peoples) and the fact all other Lahob languages have a very different morphology, changed in more than 5000 years; Chlouvānem is morphologically extremely close to Proto-Lahob).

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 The family takes its name from ''Łaȟoḇszer'', language of the ''Łaȟoḇ'' people, the largest and first studied in the Lahob heartlands.
-Lahob languages nowadays are divided into five or six branches, four of which only spoken in a small area along the Orcish Straits and the tundra/taiga border:
+Lahob languages nowadays are divided into five or six branches, four of which only spoken in a small area along the Orcish Straits and the tundra/taiga border (the eastern coast of Gathuráni and (for the Woŋom-Baan branch) far northwestern Kerbellion):
 * ''Pwaɬasd-Ngos languages'', including Tundra Pwaɬasd, Forest Pwaɬasd (sometimes included in a Macro-Pwaɬasd language), Zerfek, Nehsy, and Ngos;
 * ''Central Lahobic languages'', including Łaȟoḇszer (the language that gave its name to the family), Łokow, Yełeshian Lawo, and Shershan Lawo;
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 These four languages are part of the so-called Subpolar Evandor Sprachbund, sharing features among them and with a few neighboring Kordegic languages and the easternmost rural dialects of Gathura.<br/>
 The other two branches are spoken by groups that migrated southwards in prehistoric times:
-* ''Šlokhowdeš'' is an isolate among the larger Lahob family, spoken in a hilly area in the Baran river basin in north-central Greater Evandor. Probably it is the only surviving language of a formerly larger branch.
+* ''Šlokhowdeš'' is an isolate among the larger Lahob family, spoken in a hilly area in the Baran river basin in north-central Greater Evandor (an area politically divided between Koitrûx to the north and Alêig to the south). Probably it is the only surviving language of a formerly larger branch.
 * ''Chlouvānem languages'' include [[Chlouvānem]] and all its descendants. Despite being by far the most spoken of the whole family and having the longest documented history, it took a long time to recognize the Lahob origin of Chlouvānem, due to many factors (including the long distance (some 10,000 km) from the Lahob homeland, the enormous lexical influence of other languages, the genetic difference between the Chlouvānem and other Lahob speakers (though mainly due to interbreeding with other peoples) and the fact all other Lahob languages have a very different morphology, changed in more than 5000 years; Chlouvānem is morphologically extremely close to Proto-Lahob).