| Asa | |
|---|---|
| Aasáx | |
| Spoken in | Tanzania |
| Ethnicity | Assa people |
| Extinct | mid 20th century |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aas |
The Asa language, Aasáx (also Asax, Asá, Aasá, Assa, Asak) was apparently a Cushitic language spoken by the Assa people in Tanzania.[1][2] The language is extinct; ethnic Assa in northern Tanzania remember only a few words they overheard their elders use. Little is known of the language, and it is not clear it was entirely Cushitic, or if it retained a non-Cushitic layer from language shift. Perhaps most closely related to Kw'adza.