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Asaari
Lha asáari, Asáari
Asaari.png
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 consonants
Dental Alveolar Palatal Uvular Glottal
central central lateral
Nasals voiceless nh /n̥/
voiced n /n/
Stops ejective t' /tʼ/ q /qʼ/
voiceless t /t/ q /q/ ' /ʔ/
Affricates ejective ts' /t͡sʼ/ tl' /tɬ'/ tsh' /t͡ɕʼ/
voiceless ts /t͡s/ tl /t͡ɬ/ tsh /t͡ɕ/
Fricatives voiceless th /θ - tθ/ s /s ~ ts/ lh /ɬ/ sh /ç ~ ɕ/ h /χ ~ x/
Approximant l /l/ y /j/ r /ʁ ~ ʀ/