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'''Aasti''' is the language of the peoples of [[Ka Aastaala]], often referred to as the Aasti tribes. It is a split-S language, and has 6 vowels: ''Aa'', ''a'', ''e'', ''i'', ''o'', and ''u''. ''E'', ''i'', ''o'', and ''u'' are used as their IPA equivalents, while ''aa'' (spelled a at the end of words) represents /a/ and ''a'' represents /æ/. When found finally, ''a'' is always followed by an h, a letter which is always silent in the language. The Ðanmarc alphabet is used as follows to write Aasti:
'''Aasti''' is the language of the peoples of [[Ka Aastaala]], often referred to as the Aasti tribes. It is a split-S language, and has 6 vowels: ''Aa'', ''a'', ''e'', ''i'', ''o'', and ''u''. ''E'', ''i'', ''o'', and ''u'' are used as their IPA equivalents, while ''aa'' (spelled a at the end of words) represents /a/ and ''a'' represents /æ/. When found finally, ''a'' is always followed by an h, a letter which is (almost) always silent in the language. The Ðanmarc alphabet is used as follows to write Aasti:


Hh - ''Hatc'' is always silent
Hh - ''Hatc'' is always silent except at the beginnings of words, where it represents /h/. It is also used after ''c'' and ''g'' to keep them hard before front vowels and after ''a'' finally to show that it represents /æ/.


Mm - ''Mē'' /m/
Mm - ''Mē'' /m/
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Pp - ''Pa'' /p/
Pp - ''Pa'' /p/


Gg - ''Gi'' /g/
Gg - ''Gi'' /g/ (/ʒ/ before front vowels unless followed by h)


Ff - ''Fi'' /φ/
Ff - ''Fi'' /φ/
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Dd - ''Do'' /d/
Dd - ''Do'' /d/


Kk - ''Ka'' /k/
Kk - ''Ka'' is not used


Rr - ''Ra'' /r/
Rr - ''Ra'' /r/
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Ii - ''I'' /i/
Ii - ''I'' /i/


Cc - ''Ci'' /ʃ/
Cc - ''Ci'' /k/ (/ʃ/ before front vowels unless followed by h)


Jj - ''Ji'' /ʒ/
Jj - ''Ji'' /ʒ/ (used only before back vowels in loanwords)


Ðð - ''Þa'' /θ/ is transcribed as ''þ''
Ðð - ''Þa'' /θ/ is transcribed as ''þ''
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Yy - ''Yog'' /j/
Yy - ''Yog'' /j/
Šš - ''Ša'' /ʃ/ (used only before back vowels in loanwords, this letter is actually ''c'' with a diacritic and is not found in the standard Ðanmarc alphabet)

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Aasti
Pronounced: /'asti/
Timeline and Universe: Aarð, Ancient Times
Species: Human
Spoken: Ka Aastaala (The Eastlands)
Total speakers: 30,000 (approx.)
Writing system: Ðanmarc
Genealogy: Aasti Group
Aasti (Proto-Aasti)
Typology
Morphological type: Inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment: Fluid-S
Basic word order: SVO
Credits
Creator: Navidel
Created: June 6, 2007

Aasti is the language of the peoples of Ka Aastaala, often referred to as the Aasti tribes. It is a split-S language, and has 6 vowels: Aa, a, e, i, o, and u. E, i, o, and u are used as their IPA equivalents, while aa (spelled a at the end of words) represents /a/ and a represents /æ/. When found finally, a is always followed by an h, a letter which is (almost) always silent in the language. The Ðanmarc alphabet is used as follows to write Aasti:

Hh - Hatc is always silent except at the beginnings of words, where it represents /h/. It is also used after c and g to keep them hard before front vowels and after a finally to show that it represents /æ/.

Mm - /m/

Nn - /n/

Ŋŋ - Ŋē /ŋ/

Ee - E is not used

Bb - Be /b/

Ēē - Ē /e/ is transcribed as e in the Latin alphabet for convenience, since Ðanmarc e is not used

Vv - Va /β/

Pp - Pa /p/

Gg - Gi /g/ (/ʒ/ before front vowels unless followed by h)

Ff - Fi /φ/

Tt - To /t/

Oo - O /o/

Dd - Do /d/

Kk - Ka is not used

Rr - Ra /r/

Aa - A /æ/ is doubled for aa (pronounced as /a/, as the single letter is finally)

Ww - Wa /w/

Ss - Sa /s/

Zz - /z/

Ii - I /i/

Cc - Ci /k/ (/ʃ/ before front vowels unless followed by h)

Jj - Ji /ʒ/ (used only before back vowels in loanwords)

Ðð - Þa /θ/ is transcribed as þ

Uu - U /u/

Yy - Yog /j/

Šš - Ša /ʃ/ (used only before back vowels in loanwords, this letter is actually c with a diacritic and is not found in the standard Ðanmarc alphabet)