Extinct Samoyedic variety of Kamas
Not to be confused with the Koybal dialect of
Khakas.
TheKoibal dialect is a dialect of theKamas language or arguably another independentSayan 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 intoTurkic 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.
Matthias Castrén concluded that Koibal andKaragas have aYeniseian 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]
| 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 |
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