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| '''Tsán asáari''', or simply '''Tsan''' /t͡sán/, or '''Asaari''' /at͡sáːɣɪ/ is a language spoken in the eastern [[w:United States of America|United States of America]]. It is not known to be related to any extant language and is thus a language isolate. The name, '''Tsán asáari''' /t͡sán at͡sáːɣɪ/ simply means "the ocean blue language", or "the language that is ocean blue". | | '''Atsáni tsúyi''', or simply '''Tsani''' /t͡sáni/ is a language spoken in the eastern [[w:United States of America|United States of America]]. It is not known to be related to any extant language and is thus a language isolate. The name, '''Atsáni tsúyi''' /at͡saːni t͡suːji/ means "crafty speech". |
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| | Atsani is a heavily [[w:agglutinative language|agglutinating]] with a complex verbal morphology. The language has repeatedly been analysed as lacking [[w:nouns|nouns]] and [[w:adjectives|adjectives]] altogether, in favour of [[w:verb|verb]]s. Asaari is a [[w:tonal|tonal]] language with a limited vowel inventory, and an extensive array of consonants. |
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| Asaari is a heavily [[w:agglutinative language|agglutinating]] with a complex verbal morphology. The language has repeatedly been analysed as lacking [[w:nouns|nouns]] and [[w:adjectives|adjectives]] altogether, in favour of [[w:verb|verb]]s. Asaari is a [[w:tonal|tonal]] language with a limited vowel inventory, and an extensive array of consonants.
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| The language is being constructed by [[User:Waahlis|Waahlis]] to represent his fierce love for tones, voiceless consonants, and the voiceless lateral fricative.
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| I also wish to make it clear that this language has '''no connexion what so ever''' to the invented language and species of [[w:Asari (Mass Effect)|Asari]], in the video game Mass Effect! The name is purely coincidental as Asaari is derived from the word for "blue" in the language (Yes, I'm aware the species of Mass Effect also happen to be blue...), which was propably inspired from the European word "[[wikt:azure|azure]]". The final "-i" is a relativising suffix. No connexions, okay!?
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| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
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| ===Consonants=== | | ===Consonants=== |
| Tsan has 23 consonants, called '''tsínáa''' /t͡sɪ́ná͜aʔ/, traditionally categorised into the following groups:
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| *'''màaráyi''' /mɑ̀ⁿːʀáʔjɪ/ - "shaking" or [[w:voiced consonants|voiced consonants]].
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| **'''mháasi''' /m̥á͜ɑʔsɪ/ - "smooth" or [[w:approximant consonants|approximants]] and voiced [[w:nasal consonants|nasal consonants]].
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| *'''tuáaqi''' /tʼá͜ɑʔcɪ/ - "shocking" or [[w:ejective consonants|ejective consonants]].
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| *'''tsamàaráyis''' /t͡samɑ̀ⁿːʀáʔjɪs/ - "non-shaking" or [[w:voiceless consonants|voiceless consonants]].
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| **'''yéelhàyi''' /jɛ́͜əɬɑ̀ⁿjɪ/ - "gliding" or [[w:fricative consonants|fricatives]] and voiceless [[w:nasal consonants|nasal consonants]].
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| **'''quáasi''' /qʼá͜ɑʔsɪ/ - "stopping", that is [[w:stop consonants|stop consonants]].
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| **'''sitsàayi''' /sɪt͡sɑ̀ːⁿjɪ/ - "jumping" or [[w:affricate consonants|affricates]].
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| |+'''Asaari consonants''' | | |+'''Asaari consonants''' |