Osa [OSAD]
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Language type
Mixed
Place & SpeakersOsa is spoken by a population of 657 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About Osa
'osa∂u, 'Osa∂u (The language) is the language spoken in 
Dhaldo/Weast by the '∂aldocu people.
It originated with the merging of the '∂alu (east) and do (west) civilizations, and the grammatical intervention of the 'i∂ui, a species of intelligent aliens.
Dhaldo/Weast by the '∂aldocu people. It originated with the merging of the '∂alu (east) and do (west) civilizations, and the grammatical intervention of the 'i∂ui, a species of intelligent aliens.
Sample of Osa[view] :i so cyr':i, na :au 'ega∂u.
To be or not to be, that is the question.[view all texts]
To be or not to be, that is the question.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Osa
Some sound samples of Osa. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
¿eg 'asaui 'xiho.
What the fuck did I do?
What the fuck did I do?
va i∂u'zalu ma, ¡∂u'zalu ga'cac.
If you understand this, you know too much!
If you understand this, you know too much!
:i so cyr':i, na :au 'ega∂u.
To be or not to be, that is the question.
To be or not to be, that is the question.
Language family relationships
[view] About 'lyzeThe 'lyze family is the only known human language family in an alternate earth. This family is present in the 'lyze region, wich encompasses mesophyll forest and tropical meadow.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | [ŋ]1 | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | b | d | g | ʔ | ||||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | ð | s | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | h | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | [j]2 | [w]3 | ||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /u/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
| Close | i | y | [ɯ]1 | u | ||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]2 | |||||||
| Close-mid | o | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | [ɔ]3 | ||||||
| Near-open | ɐ | |||||||
- allophone of /y/
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /o/
Syllable StructureThe syllable structure is (C)(l/r)(V)V(V)(C): gliou∂ is possible as one syllable
Stress informationEvery polysyllabic word has a primary stress. It is always written with a ':
'inua = /'i.nua/, i'nua = /i'nua/, in'ua = /i'nu.a/, inu'a = /i.nu'a/.
'inua = /'i.nua/, i'nua = /i'nua/, in'ua = /i'nu.a/, inu'a = /i.nu'a/.
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Osa. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 OsaOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| : : 'u:a /ʔ/ | a a a /ɐ/ | b b 'bisa /b/ | c c 'cesa /ʃ/ | d d 'dosa /d/ | e e e /ɛ/ | f f 'fisa /ɸ/ | g g 'gasa /ɣ/ | h h hi /h/ | i i i /i/, [j], [ɪ] | l l 'lusa /l/ | m m 'musa /m/ |
| n n 'nusa /n/, [ŋ] | o o o /o/, [ɔ] | q q 'qasa /g/ | r r 'eru /ɾ/ | s s 'sesa /s/ | u u u /u/, [w] | v v 'visa /β/ | x x 'xasa /x/ | y y y /y/, [ɯ] | z z 'zesa /ʒ/ | ∂ ∂ '∂osa /ð/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||||
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