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Harshen Asa (Aasá), wanda aka fi fassara Aasax (kuma ana fassara shi da Aasá, Aasáx, Aramanik, Asak, Asax, Assa, Asá https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_language#CITEREFWinter1979https://www.ethnologue.com/language/aas, mutanen Asa na Tanzaniya ne ke magana. Harshen ya bace; 'Yan kabilar Assa a arewacin Tanzaniya suna tunawa kawai 'yan kalmomi kaɗan da suka ji dattawansu suna amfani da su, kuma babu wanda ya taɓa yin amfani da shi da kansa. Kadan an san harshe; Abin da aka rubuta mai yiwuwa shi ne kalmomin ƙamus na Aasa da aka yi amfani da su a cikin rajistar Maasai, mai kama da gauraye harshen Mbugu.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_language#CITEREFPetrollinoMous2010

 Rabewa 
Asa yawanci ana rarraba shi da Cushitic, mafi kusanci da Kw'adza. Duk da haka, mai yiwuwa ya riƙe abin da ba na Cushitic ba daga canjin harshe na farko.

Mutanen Aramanik (Laramanik) sun taɓa yin magana Asa, amma sun koma Nandi (saɓanin Maasai).

 Kalmomi 
An san Asa daga tushe guda uku: jerin kalmomi guda biyu daga 1904 da 1928, da tarin W.C. Winter daga 1974.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_language#CITEREFEhret1980

Wadannan su ne wasu kalmomi na Asa, tare da masu iya magana a cikin Kw’adza da Iraqwhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_language#CITEREFEhret1980.

 'babban': jira - Kw'adza dire
 'Tsuntsu': širaʔa - Iraqw tsʼirʕi
 'louse': ʔita - Iraqw itirmo
 'jini': saʔaka - Kw'adza saʔuko
 'kashi': farit - Kw'adza falaʔeto, Iraqw fara
 'horn': hadoŋ - Kw'adza xalinko, Iraqw xaraŋ
 'gashi': seʔemuk - Iraqw seʔemi
 'kai': sogok - Kw'adza sagiko, Iraqw saga
 'ido': ilat - Kw'adza ilito, Iraqw ila
 'baki': afok - Kw'adza afuko, Iraqw afa
 'harshe': šeferank - Iraqw tsʼifraŋ
 'nono': isank - Iraqw isaŋ
 'zuciya': monok - Kw'adza munaku, Irawn muna
 'ruwa': maʔa — Kw'adza maʔaya, Iraqw maʔay
 'sand': hajat - Kw'adza hasinko, Iraqw hasaŋ
 'dutse': deʔok - Kw'adza tl'aʔiko, Iraqw tlʼaʕano
 'don sha': wat- - Kw'adza wat-, Iraqw wah-
 'cin abinci': ʔag- - Kw'adza ag-, Iraqw ʕayim-
 'to lie': ʔat- - Kw'adza k'at-, Iraqw qat-
 'to mutu': ga- - Kw'adza gwaʔ-, Iraqw gwa-
 'kashe': gas- - Kw'adza gaʔis-, Iraqw gas-
 'far': sanga - Kw'adza sagumu, Iraqw saw
 'kusa': šaya - Kw'adza tsʼahemi, Iraqw tsʼew

Wasu kalmomin lamuni a cikin Asa daga wasu harsuna an san su:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_language#CITEREFEhret1980

 'uku': samak da 'biyar': mut, daga Datooga
 'kare': kite, daga Chaga

 Mahadan Waje 

 Aasax basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

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