Ásademóku

Ásademòko (western Ásademòko:, "language from the sea") is one of the two languages used by the Zhandebasa. As such, it is mainly spoken on Chayazò and the northern islands of Dzòzò though there is some limited use on Sazzhezò aswell. It is a language isolate with no known relatives.

The language was introduced to Dzòzò through the Ásadebasa migration around the year 6677 MR (1080 BGS). The language spoken around that time by the Ásadebasa migrants, generally refered to as proto-Ásademòko, is the ancestor of all modern Ásademòko dialects.

Etymology
The name Ásademòko and the associated demonym Ásadebasa, while they are endonyms in a sense, were not used by the original Ásadebasa and only came about when they had already significantly integrated into the pre-existing Dzòzò society.

The words themselves derive from the root ása (from agasa "sea, ocean") + de "from" + mòko (from mawoko "speech, language") or basa "people" repectively and consequently can be translated as "language from (across) the sea" or "people from (across) the sea"

proto-Ásademòko
Ásademòko was originally spoken in southern Cadereu until the late 67th century MR when its speakers were either displaced or assimilated by the southward expanding Clōnnequi.