Aasti
| 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
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| 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 - Mē /m/
Nn - Nē /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, and represents /ɛ/ before r
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 - Zē /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)
