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'''Low Coscivian''' (Saroholden Low Coscivian: ''Ulikässaŗna'', Kiravic: '' | '''Low Coscivian''' (Saroholden Low Coscivian: ''Ulikässaŗna'', Kiravic: ''Yanxikoskirona''), also known as '''Plebian Coscivian''', is a language variety, characterised by different linguists as either a {{wp|sociolect}} of Kiravic Coscivian, an independent variety within the Kiravic {{wp|macrolanguage}}, or even a language in its own right. Associated most closely with the [[Ethnic Groups in Kiravia#Trash Coscivians|Trash Coscivians]], Low Coscivian is spoken by a number of different social groups among the Kiravian lower classes, mostly in urban and {{wp|periurban}} areas of Great Kirav such as slums, trailer parks, and transient camps. | ||
The best-documented and most extensively studied subdialects of Low Coscivian are those spoken in the [[Tonic Vineyards]] slum in Linthika, [[Valēka]] and Saroholden Trailer Park in County Steve, [[Kiorgia]]. | The best-documented and most extensively studied subdialects of Low Coscivian are those spoken in the [[Tonic Vineyards]] slum in Linthika, [[Valēka]] and Saroholden Trailer Park in County Steve, [[Kiorgia]]. | ||
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*'''fyk ysh''' - | *'''fyk ysh''' - | ||
*'''usuyrggrey''' - Untranslatable term describing the effect of miserable Kiravian weather on the psyche of foreign visitors and returnees. | *'''usuyrggrey''' - Untranslatable term describing the effect of miserable Kiravian weather on the psyche of foreign visitors and returnees. | ||
*'''kiteranl'''' - {{wp|urban village}}, with the "''kiteranl'' retard" as analogue to the proverbial "village idiot". | |||
*'''uyhas''' - Grammatical {{wp|intensifier}} | |||
==Speaker profile== | ==Speaker profile== | ||