Aasáx language

Aasáx language

Infobox Language
name=Aasáx
region=Tanzania
speakers=350 (1999)
iso3=aas
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Cushitic
fam3=South

Aasáx (also spelled Asax, Asá, Aasá, Assa, Asak) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Assa people in Tanzania. The language is endangered, but it has still about 350 speakers in northern Tanzania. Aasáx is a member of the Cushitic branch. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=aas Ethnologue entry for Aasáx]


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