Archive:Asxatan language

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Asxatan
Asxatait
Pronunciation	/aɕ͡ʃatɛt̚/
Ethnicity	MMonyo
Language family	South Qeerlic Asxato-Monic Asxatan
Early forms:	Saikroran Classical Asxatan Asxatan
Writing system	Coiron Script
Official status
Official language in	Yakormonyo
CWS code	FONA

Asxatan, is a regional language spoken in northern Yakormonyo. It is spoken by approximately 1.5 million people, making it the third most common language in the country.

Classification

Asxatan is an Asxatan language within the Monic language family.

Phonology

Consonants

	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	n ⟨n⟩
Stop	t ⟨t⟩	k̟ ⟨c⟩	k ⟨k⟩
Fricative	s ⟨s⟩	ʃ ⟨x⟩	x ⟨h⟩
Liquid	ɾ~ʕ ⟨r⟩	j ⟨i⟩	ʍ ⟨f⟩

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close		ɨ ⟨ioi⟩
Close-mid	e ⟨iai⟩	ɚ ⟨or⟩, ⟨iair⟩, ⟨ioir⟩	ɤ ⟨o⟩
Open-mid	ɛ ⟨ai⟩	ɜ˞ ⟨ar⟩, ⟨air⟩, ⟨aor⟩	ʌ ⟨ao⟩
Open		a ⟨a⟩

• Asxatan has two diphthongs: /ɘ̯a/ ⟨oi⟩ and /ɘ̯ɜ˞/ ⟨oir⟩.

Grammar

Nouns

Consonant Mutation

Consonant shifts in Classical Asxatan results in a number of mutations in conjugation. Most of these include the simplification of clusters of plosives and fricatives.

Mutation	Result	Example
-V + nV	-VnnV	noi (to eat) + -na = noinna
-Vn + V		khan (hand) + -ai = khannai
-Vn + rV	-VrnnV	tain (to have) + -ra = tairnna
-Vr + nV		ktair (to know) + -na = ktairnna
-o + V	-fV	raio (meat) + -ai = raifai