Lasmashi language

Lasmáši
Lásmakħí (Lasmáši)
Spoken in	Samarkainia
Total speakers	—
Language family	Samar-Kōladian Samarkainian North-West West Lasmáši; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Samarkainia
Regulated by	Samarkainian Linguistic Cetre, Esolténnea
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	–
ISO 639-3	–
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Lásmakħí (Anglicized Lasmashi) or Lasmáši in Laefêvëši, is a language spoken in Samarkainia where it's the official language in the province of Weíinem (island). Lasmáši belongs to the Samarkainian language family and it's closely related to other languages of the same family.

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Phonology

Lasmáši vowels
	Unrounded		Rounded		Central		Back
	Front				Central		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close		iə	y		ɨ	ɨə	u	uɪ
Close-mid	e	eɪ				ɵ	o	oɪ
Mid					ə	əɪ
Open-mid	ɛ							ɔɪ
Open					a	aɪ

Lasmáši consonants
		Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	Plain	m			n			ɲ
Nasal	Gemiante	m:
Plosive	Plain	p b			t d		ʈ ɖ		k
	Geminate	b:			d:
	Aspirated	pʰ							kʰ
Fricative	Plain		f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ			x
Fricative	Geminate				s: z:	ʃ: ʒ:
Affricate					ʦ
Approximant					ɹ			j	w
Flap or tap					ɾ		ɽ
Lateral approximant					l		ɭ

Writing system

Lasmáši vowels
	Unrounded		Rounded		Central		Back
	Front				Central		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close		ië	y		ï	ïë	u	uī
Close-mid	e	eī				ȯ	o	oī
Mid					ë	ëī
Open-mid	ē							ōī
Open					a	aī

Lasmáši consonants
		Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	Plain	m			n			ṅ
Nasal	Gemiante	mm
Plosive	Plain	p b			t d		ţ ḑ		k
	Geminate	bb			dd
	Aspirated	pħ							kħ
Fricative	Plain		f v	þ ð	s z	š ž			h
Fricative	Geminate				ss zz	šš žž
Affricate					c
Approximant								j	w
Flap or tap					r		ŗ
Lateral approximant					l		ļ

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