Asa language

Asa
Aasá
RegionTanzania
EthnicityAsa
Extinct1952–1956
Language codes
ISO 639-3aas
aas.html
Glottologaasa1238
ELPAasáx
Aasax is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO World Atlas of Languages

The Asa (Aasá) language, commonly rendered Aasax (also rendered as Aasá, Aasáx, Aramanik, Asak, Asax, Assa, Asá), is an Afroasiatic language formerly spoken by the Asa people of Tanzania. The language is extinct; ethnic Assa in northern Tanzania remember only a few words they overheard their elders use, and none ever used it themselves. Little is known of the language; what is recorded was probably Aasa lexical words used in a register of Maasai, similar to the mixed language Mbugu.