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Asuaneï Asβanehi
Spoken in:	Baranxtu, and other countries
Region:	International Democratic Union
Speakers:	200 million (est)
Genetic classification:	Meleiyan Syko-Roekian Ilatemaian West Ilatemaian March Ilatemaian Northern March Asuaneï
Official status
Official language in:	Baranxtu
Regulated by:	Board of the Language Asuaneï in the Most Serene Republic

Asuaneï (or Asβanehi) is a major language in Baranxtu and is a sister language of the predominant Baranxeï, to the point of being partially mutually intelligible.

In contrast to Baranxeï, Asuaneï is much more conservative in that it retains many grammatical distinctions from its predecessor than Baranxeï does.

History

Status

Phonology

Phonetic Inventory

Consonants

Standard Asuaneï has 27 phonemic consonants. It distinguishes voiced and unvoiced consonants, just like its sister language Asuaneï. Whereas it has lost all uvular and glottal phonemes, it retained the retroflex series from their common ancestor, and part of the palatal series (the palatal fricatives, however, changed to s and z).

	bilabial	dental	alveolar	retroflex	alveolo-palatal	velar
Plosive	p b	t d		t' d'		k g
Affricate					ts\ dz\
Fricative	p\	T D	s z	s' z'		x G
Nasal	m	n		n'	J	N
Approximant	w			r\`	j

Vowels

Standard Asuaneï regonizes 10 phonemic vowels; these are five length-distinguished pairs (i and i:, E and E:, u and u:, o and o:, a and a:). Schwa and the rounded versions of i, E and a are only allophones of the others.

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i y		u
Close-mid			o
Mid		y
Open-mid	E 9
Open			A Q

Alphabet

Romanization

The Romanization of Asuaneï is a letter-by-letter substitution of the Asuaneï Alphabet; therefore the system can easily be put in the same tables as those for the phonetic inventory.

	bilabial	dental	alveolar	retroflex	alveolo-palatal	velar
Plosive	p b	t d		ţ ď		k g
Affricate					c j
Fricative	f	þ ð	s z	ş ž		x ğ
Nasal	m	n		ņ	ñ	ŋ
Approximant	β / v			r	y

	Front	Back
Close	i ī	u ū
Close-mid		o ō
Mid
Open-mid	e ē
Open		a ā

Morphology

Nouns

Cases

Nominative Case

The nominative case marks the subject of a verb. It is also the citation form of a noun as it is marked by a null morpheme.

Genitive Case

The genitive case shows a relationship that may be thought of as one thing belonging to, being created from, or otherwise deriving from some other thing. It usually directly follows the noun it refers to.

Dative Case

The dative case marks the indirect object of a verb. In Baranxeï, it also marks the agent in a passive sentence.

Accusative Case

The accusative case marks the direct object of a verb.

Pre- and Postpositional Case

The pre- and postpositional case is needed if a noun is part of a pre-/postpositional phrase.

Declension

Nouns ending on a vowel are declined by removing the final vowel and adding the endings. For nouns ending on a consonant, a final fricative is usually changed into its respective plosive. Then, the endings is added.

Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
singular
Nominative Case	-	-	-
Genitive Case	-itu	-atu	-utu
Dative Case	-ir	-ar	-ur
Accusative Case	-iñ	-añ	-uñ
Prepositional Case	-iβη	-aβη	-uβη
plural
Nominative Case	-ja	-aja	-βa
Genitive Case	-itša	-atša	-utša
Dative Case	-il	-al	-ul
Accusative Case	-iŋ	-aŋ	-uŋ
Prepositional Case	-iðη	-aðη	-uðη

Pronouns

Asuaneï formally has four personal pronouns which are declined like normal nouns. Thus, there are no special words for "my/your/his/her/its", instead the genitive form of the pronoun is used.

It should also be noted that the nominative form of a pronoun is usually absent and only used for emphasis.

Case	I		You		He/She/It (present)			He/She/It (absent)
	m	f	m	f	m	f	n	m	f	n
Nominative Case	hanmi	hanma	ðumali	ðumalη	saumi	saumη	saon	auni	aunη	aon
Genitive Case	hanmitu	hanmatu	ðumalitu	ðumalatu	saumitu	saumatu	saonutu	aunitu	aunatu	aonutu
Dative Case	hanmir	hanmar	ðumalir	ðumalar	saumir	saumar	saonur	aunir	aunar	aonur
Accusative Case	hanmiñ	hanmañ	ðumaliñ	ðumalañ	saumiñ	saumañ	saonuñ	auniñ	aunañ	aonuñ
Prepositional Case	hanmiβη	hanmaβη	ðumaliβη	ðumalaβη	saumiβη	saumaβη	saonuβη	auniβη	aunaβη	aonuβη
Case	We		You		They (present)			They (absent)
	m	f	m	f	m	f	n	m	f	n
Nominative Case	hanmja	hanmaja	ðumalja	ðumalaja	saumja	saumaja	saonβa	auña	aunaja	aonβa
Genitive Case	hanmitša	hanmatša	ðumalitša	ðumalatša	saumitša	saumatša	saonutša	aunitša	aunatša	aonutša
Dative Case	hanmil	hanmil	ðumalil	ðumalal	saumil	saumal	saonul	aunil	aunal	aonul
Accusative Case	hanmiŋ	hanmaŋ	ðumaliŋ	ðumalaŋ	saumiŋ	saumaŋ	saonuŋ	auniŋ	aunaŋ	aonuŋ
Prepositional Case	hanmiðη	hanmaðη	ðumaliðη	ðumalaðη	saumiðη	saumaðη	saonuðη	auniðη	aunaðη	aonuðη

Syntax

Dialects

Vocabulary

IDU Country Names

English	Asuaneï Counry Name	Asuaneï Adjective
Antrium	Āņţrum	āņţrūņţ-
Baranxtu The Most Serene Republic of Baranxtu	Bāraŋxēi Furāņē Mi-Maona Bāraŋxēi	bāraŋxēiţ-
Ceorana	Seorāņa	seorāņaţ-
Cikoutimi	Cikutīmi	cikutīmiţ-
Domnonia	Domnōñā	domnōñāţ-
Fonzoland	Aik Fānzo	fānzoţ-
Groot Gouda	Grōţ-Gauda	gaudaţ-
Grosseschnauzer	Grōşeşņauţşr	şņauţşrţ-
Jonquiere-Tadoussac	Žōŋkr-Tadusak	žōntaď-
Keeslandia	Aik Kīs	kīşţ-
Malabra	Marābra	marābraţ-
Mikitivity	Maikitīviti	maikitīviţ-
Sober Thought	Sōbr Þōt	sōbrţ-
Xtraordinary Gentlemen	Sōuktān Ikşţrahōrďiņāri	ikşţrahōrďiņāriţ-

Language Names

English	Asuaneï Name	Asuaneï Adjective
Alvésin	Arvēsin	arvēsinī-
Asuaneï	Asvānēica	asvānēicaī-
Baranxeï	Bāraŋxēica	bāraŋxēicaī-
Chicoutim	Cikutīmica	cikutīmicaī-
Dutch	Nēherlāns	nēherlānsī-
English	Iŋliş	iŋlişī-
French	Frānsē	frānsēī-
German	Doica	doicaī-
Nidajii	Vāraņaca	vāraņacaī-
Qi	Kīr	kīrī-
Spanish	Kastejāno	Kastejānoī-

Languages of Baranxtu
Official Languages:
Asuaneï \| Baranxeï \| Baranxtuan Sign Language \| English \| French \| Nidajii
Other Languages:
Baranxtuan French \| Chicoutim \| Masenar \| Phipul \| Qi

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