| Koshin | |
| States: | Cameroon |
| Speakers: | 3,000 |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam5: | Western Beboid (geographic) |
| Iso3: | kid |
| Glotto: | kosh1246 |
| Glottorefname: | 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.
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||