Aasax
Aasax was an Afro-Asiatic language once spoken in Tanzania.
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The Asa (Aasá) language, commonly rendered Aasax (also rendered as Aasá, Aasáx, Aramanik, Asak, Asax, Assa, Asá), is an Afroasiatic language formerly 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, similar to the mixed language Mbugu.
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Words in Aasax
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | hat-uk | |
| woman | maeet | |
| eye | ila-t | |
| blood | saʔaka | |
| water | maʔa | |
| dog | wa-t |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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