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The Asa (Aasá) language, commonly rendered Aasax (also rendered as Aasá, Aasáx, Aramanik, Asak, Asax, Assa, Asá[1]), was spoken by the Asa people of Tanzania. The language is extinct; ethnic Assa in northern Tanzania remember only a few words they overheard their elders use, and none ever used it themselves. Little is known of the language; what is recorded was probably Aasa lexical words used in a register of Maasai like the mixed language Mbugu.

Asa
Aasá
Region	Tanzania
Ethnicity	Asa people
Extinct	1952-1956
Language family	Afro-Asiatic? Cushitic? Rift? East Rift Asa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aas
Glottolog	aasa1238
ELP	Aasáx

Classification

Asa is usually classified as Cushitic, most closely related to Kw'adza. However, it might have retained a non-Cushitic layer from an earlier language shift, and might be best left unclassified.[2]

The Aramanik (Laramanik) people once spoke Asa, but shifted to Nandi (as opposed to Maasai).

Vocabulary

• wataka - all
• buʕurita - burn
• dah - claw
• ga - cloud
• ki=te - die
• wa-t- - dog
• rakaš - dry
• yatara - drink
• haǯa-t - earth
• ʔag- ~ ʔag-im- - eat
• ila-t- - eye
• ʔoreʔ-ek - far
• maʔa - water

[3]

Notes

• Petrollino, Sara & Maarten Mous, 2010, Recollecting Words and Expressions in Aasá, a Dead Language in Tanzania

External links

• Aasax basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

На других языках

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[de] Aasáx

Aasáx (auch bekannt als Aasá, Aramanik, Asak, Asax, Assa, Il Konono und Lamanik)[2] war eine Südkuschitische Sprache und ist heute ausgestorben.[1] 1999 hatte sie noch 350 Sprecher.[2]

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- [en] Asa language

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[es] Aasáx

El aasáx es una lengua afroasiática del norte de Tanzania. Con solo 350 hablantes, está en vía de extinción[cita requerida]. El aasáx pertenece a las lenguas cushitas meridionales.

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