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|tu=[[Aarð]], [[Aarð#Ancient Times|Ancient Times]]
|tu=[[Aarð]], [[Aarð#Ancient Times|Ancient Times]]
|species=Human
|species=Human
|in=Da Âstâla (The Eastlands)
|in=Âstâl (The Eastland)
|no=30,000 (approx.)
|no=30,000 (approx.)
|script=[[Ðanmarc Alphabet|Ðanmarc]]
|script=[[Ðanmarc Alphabet|Ðanmarc]]
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| '''Note on transliteration in this article:'''<br />This article makes use of two distinct transliteration schemes for the Âsti language. While older sections of the article employ the double vowel ("aa") scheme, newer areas are transliterated by the circumflex ("â") scheme. By the time the edit is finished, this discrepancy should be resolved.
| '''Note on transliteration in this article:'''<br />This article makes use of two distinct transliteration schemes for the Âsti language. While older sections of the article employ the double vowel ("aa") scheme, newer areas are transliterated by the circumflex ("â") scheme. By the time the edit is finished, this discrepancy should be resolved.
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'''Aasti''' is the language of the peoples of [[Ka Aastaala]], often referred to as the Aasti tribes. It is a fluid-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:
'''Âsti''' is the language of the peoples of [[Âstâl]], often referred to as the Aasti tribes. It is a fluid-S language, and uses SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) word order, meaning that the normal form of the sentence ''He saw her'' would be rendered as *''He her saw''.
==Script==
==Script==
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/.
For our purposes, Âsti will be written using the Latin alphabet. (Note: Because the (mostly illeterate) speakers of the language live in a world where the Latin alphabet does not exist, in the rare cases that Âsti ''is'' written down by a native speaker, an adaptation of the common [[Ðanmarc Alphabet]] is used.) The general rules of pronunciation follow:


Mm - '''Mē''' /m/
*'''''a'''''
 
Nn - '''Nē''' /n/
 
Ŋŋ - '''Ŋē''' /ŋ/
 
Ee - '''E''' /ɛ/
 
Bb - '''Be''' /b/
 
Ēē - '''Ē''' /e/
 
Vv - '''Va''' /v/
 
Pp - '''Pa''' /p/
 
Gg - '''Gi''' /g/ (/ʒ/ before front vowels unless followed by h)
 
Ff - '''Fi''' /f/
 
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 - '''Zē''' /z/
 
Ii - '''I''' /i/
 
Cc - '''Ci''' /k/ (/ʃ/ before front vowels unless followed by h)
 
Jj - '''Ji''' /ʒ/ (used only before back vowels and consonants in loanwords)
 
Ðð - '''Þa''' /&theta;/ is transcribed as ''þ''
 
Uu - '''U''' /u/
 
Yy - '''Yog''' /j/
 
Šš - '''Ša''' /ʃ/ (used only before back vowels and consonants in loanwords, this letter is actually ''c'' with a diacritic and is not found in the standard Ðanmarc alphabet)
 
*The string ''ea'' is an exception to the usual rules of pronunciation, and is said as ''ēaa''.
*Note: The Aasti alphabet is very similar to the adaptation of the Ðanmarc alphabet used for transcribing [[Xolcti]].
=Grammar=
=Grammar=
==Nouns==
==Nouns==

Revision as of 12:31, 21 November 2007


Âsti
Pronounced: /'ɑsti/
Timeline and Universe: Aarð, Ancient Times
Species: Human
Spoken: Âstâl (The Eastland)
Total speakers: 30,000 (approx.)
Writing system: Ðanmarc
Genealogy: Âsti Group
Âsti
Typology
Morphological type: Inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment: Fluid-S
Basic word order: SOV
Credits
Creator: Navidel
Created: June 6, 2007
Note on transliteration in this article:
This article makes use of two distinct transliteration schemes for the Âsti language. While older sections of the article employ the double vowel ("aa") scheme, newer areas are transliterated by the circumflex ("â") scheme. By the time the edit is finished, this discrepancy should be resolved.

Âsti is the language of the peoples of Âstâl, often referred to as the Aasti tribes. It is a fluid-S language, and uses SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) word order, meaning that the normal form of the sentence He saw her would be rendered as *He her saw.

Script

For our purposes, Âsti will be written using the Latin alphabet. (Note: Because the (mostly illeterate) speakers of the language live in a world where the Latin alphabet does not exist, in the rare cases that Âsti is written down by a native speaker, an adaptation of the common Ðanmarc Alphabet is used.) The general rules of pronunciation follow:

  • a

Grammar

Nouns

    N    A
SN      -ē
PL  -a  -o
SP  -ez -ēz
PP  -u  -u
  • N = nominative; A = accusative
  • SN = singular; PL = plural; SP = singular possessive; PP = plural possessive

Verbs

          PF   PR
F   -aav -av  -am
PR  -aaz -az  -an
P   -ēg  -eg  -eŋ
  • PF = perfect; PR = progressive
  • F = future; PR = present; P = past

Adjectives and adverbs

Basic Pronouns

  • Va: I
  • Ti: We (exclusive)
  • Zi: We (inclusive)
  • Da: You (singular)
  • Ri: You (plural)
  • Pa: He
  • Sa: She
  • Ca: [E]*
  • Ta: It
  • Ci: They
  • Note: English has no exact equivalent to Aasti Ca, which is a third person singular pronoun of indefinite gender (sometimes a singular they is used to informally fill this gap).
  • The forms shown here are subject forms. Objects are formed by changing the final a to an o, or i to ē. Possessive pronouns are formed by adding a final -r.

See Also

Aasti at Langmaker