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Asaari
Lha asáari, Asáari
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Pronunciation[/ɬa at͡sá͜aʀɪ/]
Created by
Native toUnited States of America
Native speakers21,020 (2012)
Lhisan
  • Asaari
Early form
Dialects
  • Asaari proper
  • Virginia Asaari
  • Carolinian Asaari
Official status
Regulated byTsárapi áyasáari
Language codes
ISO 639-1as
ISO 639-2aas
ISO 639-3aas
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Lha asáari, or simply Asáari, Asaari /at͡sá͜aʀɪ/ is a language spoken in the eastern United States of America. It is not known to be related to any extant language and is thus a language isolate. The name, Lha asáari /ɬa at͡sá͜aʀɪ/ simply means "the ocean blue language", or "the language that is ocean blue".

Asaari is a heavily agglutinating or polysynthetic language, with a complex verbal morphology. The language has repeatedly been analysed as lacking nouns and adjectives altogether, in favour of verbs. Asaari is a tonal language with a limited vowel inventory, and an extensive array of consonants.

The language is being constructed by Waahlis to represent is fierce love for tones, voiceless consonants, and the voiceless lateral fricative.

Phonology

Consonants

Asaari has 23 consonants, called tsínáa /t͡sɪ́ná͜a/, traditionally categorised into the following groups:

Asaari consonants
Bilabial Dental Alveolar Palatal Uvular Glottal
central central lateral
Nasals voiceless mh /m̥/ nh /n̥/
voiced m /m/ n /n/
Stops ejective p' /pʼ/ t' /tʼ/ q /qʼ/
voiceless p /p/ t /t/ q /q/ ' /ʔ/
Affricates ejective ts' /t͡sʼ/ tl' /tɬ'/ tsh' /t͡ɕʼ/
voiceless ts /t͡s/ tl /t͡ɬ/ tsh /t͡ɕ/
Fricatives voiceless ph /ɸ ~ pɸ/ th /θ ~ tθ/ s /s ~ ts/ lh /ɬ/ sh /ç ~ ɕ/ h /χ ~ x/
Approximant l /l/ y /j/ r /ʁ ~ ʀ/

Vowels

Asaari has three main vowels, /a/, /ɪ/ and /ɛ/. The vowels can all bear tone. The tones may change the vowels' qualities and articulation; these allophones are enclosed in square brackets. Vowels may be long or short. Long vowels are written twice in the native orthography.

Asaari vowels
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
Close [ɨ̃]
Near-close ı /ɪ/
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid e /ɛ/, [ɛ̃]
Near-open
Open a /a/ [ɑ̃]

Tone

Asaari vowels and diphthongs
Vowel Diphthong
Quality Medium tone i /ɪ/ e /ɛ/ a /a/ ii /ɪː/ ee /ɛː/ aa /aː/
High tone í /ʔɪ́/ é /ʔɛ́/ á /ʔá/ íi /ɪ́͜ɨ ée /ɛ́͜ə/ áa /á͜ɑ/
Low tone ì /ɨ̀ⁿ/ è /ɛ̀ⁿ/ à /ɑ̀ⁿ/ ìi /ìⁿː/ èe /ɛ̀ⁿː/ àa /ɑ̀ⁿː/
Rising /ɪ̌ː/ /ɛ̌ː/ /ǎː/
Falling /ɪ̂ː/ /ɛ̂ː/ /âː/