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Revision as of 16:41, 4 May 2006
| Asuaneï Asβanehi | |
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| Spoken in: | Baranxtu, and other countries |
| Region: | International Democratic Union |
| Speakers: | 200 million (est) |
| Genetic classification: | Meleiyan Syko-Roekian |
| 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.
Contents
History
Status
Phonology
Phonetic Inventory
Consonants
Standard Asuaneï has 27 phonemic consonants. Like Baranxeï, it distinguishes between voiced and unvoiced consonants, but it has no uvular or glottal sounds (the orthographic <h> is silent) as well as it lacks a palatal fricative. However it does recognize four affricate consonants.
| bilabial | interdental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b |
t d |
k g | |||
| Fricative | p\ B |
T D |
s z |
S Z |
x G | |
| Affricate | ts dz |
tS dZ |
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| Nasal | m | n | J | N | ||
| Flap | 4 | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | j | |||||
Vowels
Standard Asuaneï recognizes the same nine monophthongs as Baranxeï.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i y |
u | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Mid | y | ||
| Open-mid | E | ||
| Open | A Q |
Alphabet
Asuaneï Alphabet
Asuaneï is written using the New Asuaneï Alphabet, which was introduced in 1967 to reduce the number of digraphs present in the Old Asuaneï Alphabet.
The digraphs <tj, dj, sj, zj> and the trigraphs <tsj, dsj> were replaced by <þ, ð, š, ž> and <tš, dž>, respectively, with letters taken from the Baranxeï Alphabet.
A similar plan to reform the Baranxeï Alphabet by eliminating the digraphs <jj, gg> by replacing them with Asuaneï <ñ, ŋ> was proposed multiple times but never actually imposed.
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 | interdental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b |
t d |
k g | |||
| Fricative | φ β |
þ ð |
s z |
š ž |
x γ | |
| Affricate | ts dz |
tš dž |
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| Nasal | m | n | ñ | ŋ | ||
| Flap | r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | j | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
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| Close | υ | u | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Mid | y | ||
| Open-mid | η | ||
| Open | a ω |
Morphology
Syntax
Dialects
Vocabulary
