Low Opossic

Part of the Opossic language family, Low Opossic is the most commonly spoken dialect. Low Opossic is named for the regions it is spoken in; the coastal, or lower, regions.

Full Dictionary

Show spoiler

Writing System

Like other Opossic languages, it uses the same logographic writing system.

Vocabulary

The Low Opossic vocabulary is notable for its integration of loanwords for foreign objects. While other dialects prefer to describe the objects using existing words, Low Opossic transliterates loanwords to fit their phonetic structure and then uses that. This has caused some debate and confusion over the proper ways to transliterate newer words.

Phonetics

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m					ŋ (ng)
Plosive	b	t̪ (t)			c
Sibilant fricative			s	ʃ (sh)
Non-sibilant fricative			z			x (g)	h
Trill					r̥ (hr) r
Lateral approximant			l

Characters between parentheses indicate the characters used when transcribing the sound.

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid			o
Open		a

Tenses

To indicate a word is being used as a verb, speakers of Low Opossic use a distinct /ŋ/ sound at the end of the word.

Dictionary

75 Words.

Root Languages

• Opossic

Spoken by

• Opossian