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The <span style="background:#EEE8AA;padding:0px 2px;">words</span> that have been borrowed and are non-native to Yassi, are colour coded. The phonemes /q/, /f/ tend to be replaced by /k/, /p/.
The <span style="background:#EEE8AA;padding:0px 2px;">words</span> that have been borrowed and are non-native to Yassi, are colour coded. The phonemes /q/, /f/ tend to be replaced by /k/, /p/.
== Vocabulary ==
The huge amount of the basic vocabulary is inherited from Proto-Uralic. However, there are also ancient loans from neighboring Iranian dialects or Proto-Iranian itself. Rather recent loans into Yassi include Persian (and through that, Arabic) and Hindustani.
=== Numerals ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Numeral !! Inherited <br/> Yassi !! Loan <br/> Proto-Iranian
|-
| one || ǝs ||
|-
| two || kas ||
|-
| three || nǝk ||
|-
| four || per ||
|-
| five || wit ||
|-
| six ||  || špağ
|-
| seven || || ow
|-
| eight || ksoray || at
|-
| nine || sowr, swor || nǝ
|-
| ten || kǝswit || las
|-
| eleven || ||
|-
| twelve ||  ||
|-
| thirteen ||  ||
|-
| twenty || ||
|-
| thirty ||  ||
|-
| forty || ||
|-
| hundred ||  || sǝl
|-
| two hundred || ||
|-
| thousand ||  || zǝr
|-
| ten thousand || || wewar
|}
[[Category:Uralic languages]]
[[Category:Uralic languages]]

Revision as of 15:27, 10 March 2016

Yassi
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Native toAfghanistan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan
Native speakers150 (2004)
Uralic
  • Yassi
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Yassi is a Uralic language spoken in the Yas River Valley in north-eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, China and Tajikistan.

Classification

For a long time, Yassi was seen as one of the languages that belong to the areal Pamir language group. However, nowadays is seen as an Uralic language, though its exact relationship to the Uralic languages is a matter of debate.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ə o
Open a ɑ

Yassi also has the diphthongs /ai/, /ɑi/, /əi/, /ɑw/, /aw/, /oi/, /ui/.

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Post-
alveolar
Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ɳ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p ʈ k q ʔ
voiced b ɖ ɡ
Affricate voiceless t͡s t͡ʃ
voiced d͡z d͡ʒ
Fricative voiceless f s ʂ ʃ ç x h
voiced z ʐ ʒ ʝ ɣ
Approximant l j w
Rhotic r ɺ̢ 

The words that have been borrowed and are non-native to Yassi, are colour coded. The phonemes /q/, /f/ tend to be replaced by /k/, /p/.

Vocabulary

The huge amount of the basic vocabulary is inherited from Proto-Uralic. However, there are also ancient loans from neighboring Iranian dialects or Proto-Iranian itself. Rather recent loans into Yassi include Persian (and through that, Arabic) and Hindustani.

Numerals

Numeral Inherited
Yassi
Loan
Proto-Iranian
one ǝs
two kas
three nǝk
four per
five wit
six špağ
seven ow
eight ksoray at
nine sowr, swor
ten kǝswit las
eleven
twelve
thirteen
twenty
thirty
forty
hundred sǝl
two hundred
thousand zǝr
ten thousand wewar