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Asuaneï Asvānēica
Spoken in:	Baranxtu, and other countries
Region:	International Democratic Union
Speakers:	65,840,000 (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 Asvānēica) 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	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.

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 Asuaneï, it also marks the agent in a passive sentence.

Instrumental case

The instrumental case indicates that a noun is the instrument or the means the subject uses to achieve a goal or accomplish an action.

Accusative Case

The accusative case has two functions; it marks the direct object of a verb, and it also marks motion towards a noun.

Locative case

The locative case indicates a location in or by something.

Ablative case

The ablative case indicates motion away from a noun.

Vocative case

The vocative case is used when adressing someone.

Declension

There is a basic set of endings which are attached to the stem of a noun; however, nouns are separated into classes according to their terminal phoneme. Especially the vowel-classes have their own way of forming some cases, or special vowel merging rules.

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative Case	-	-ai	-au
Genitive Case	-i	-ī	-ē
Dative Case	-r	-re	-ra
Instrumental Case	-r	-vū	-vō
Accusative Case	-a	-ņē	-ņā
Locative Case	-k	-ţē	-ţā
Ablative Case	-t	-ţē	-ţā
Vocative Case	-ō	-aye	-ava

Pronouns

Asuaneï formally has four personal pronouns which are in general 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; however, many of these forms are exceptions to the normal rule as they partially derive from archaic declinations.

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	āmī	āmā		dumr	cam	cām	cao		an	ān	ēo
Genitive Case	āmiţ	āmaţ		dumrţ	cant	camat	cavi		ant	anat	ēvi
Dative Case	āmir	āmar		dūmr	camr	cāmr	caor		aņr	anar	ēor
Instrumental Case	āmīr	āmār		dumur	camir	camar	caor		anir	ānar	ēor
Accusative Case	āmmi	āmma		dūmu	cama	cāmā	caon		ana	ānā	ēoņ
Locative Case	āmik	āmak		dumrk	camk	camak	caok		aŋk	anak	ēok
Ablative Case	āmit	āmat		dumrţ	cant	camat	caot		ant	anat	ēot
Vocative Case	āmū	āmē		dumrāō	camū	cāmē	cavō		anū	ānē	ēvō
Case	We (dual)			You (dual)	They (present) (dual)				He/She/It (absent) (dual)
	m	f	m/f	m/f	m	f	n	m/f	m	f	n	m/f
Nominative Case	āmyai	āmāyi	āmeyai	dumrai	camāi	camā	cavai	camai	anāi	anā	ēvai	anai
Genitive Case	āmyei	āmāī	āmēţī	dumrī	cameī	camaī	cavī	camī	aneī	anaī	ēvī	anī
Dative Case	āmī	āmīre	āmāre	dumre	camire	camare	caore	caņre	anire	anare	ēore	aņre
Instrumental Case	āmīvu	āmāvu	āmēvū	dumrū	camivū	cāmavū	caovū	camvū	anivū	anavū	ēovū	anvū
Accusative Case	āmīņē	āmāņē	āmēņē	dumrņē	camiņē	camaņë	caoņē	cāņē	aniņē	anaņë	ēoņē	āņē
Locative Case	āmīţē	āmāţē	āmēţē	dumrţē	camiţē	camaţē	caoţē	caņţē	aniţē	anaţē	ēoţē	aņţē
Ablative Case	āmīţē	āmāţē	āmēţē	dumrţē	camiţē	camaţē	caoţē	caņţē	aniţē	anaţē	ēoţē	aņţē
Vocative Case	āmīyaye	āmāiye	āmēhaye	dumraye	camvī	camau	cavaye	camaye	anvī	anau	ēvaye	anaye

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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