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'''Proto-Azkali''' is the reconstructed ancestor of the modern [[Azkali language]]. No direct evidence of Proto-Azkali's existance exist. Practically all of the information on Proto-Azkali is based on [[W:Internal reconstruction|internal reconstruction]]. Along with [[Proto-Ukilen]], the reconstruction on Proto-Azkali is one of the most extensive compared to other languages. The first reconstructions of Proto-Azkali started in 1500 AD, leading to the establishment of many modern linguistic reconstruction techniques.

== History ==
There is no direct evidence of the existance of Proto-Azkali as a language. 

== Phonology ==

=== Consonants ===
The consonants of Proto-Azkali are, in standard notation:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Consonants
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! colspan="2" |Coronal
! rowspan="2" |Dorsal
! rowspan="2" |Glottal
|-
!Alveolar
!Palatal
|-
! colspan="2" |Nasals
|'''*m'''
/m/
|'''*n'''
/n/
|
|'''*ng'''
/ŋ/
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosives
!<small>voiceless</small>
|'''*p'''
/p/
|'''*t'''
/t/
|'''*c'''
/c/
|'''*k'''
/k/
|
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
|'''*b'''
/b~p'/
|'''*d'''
/d-t'/
|
|'''*g'''
/g~k'/
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricatives
!<small>voiceless</small>
|
|'''*s'''
/s/
|'''*ch'''
/ç/
|'''*x'''
/x~χ/
|'''*h'''
/h/
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
|
|'''*z'''
/z~s'/
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Semivowels
|
|'''*l'''
/l/
|'''*y'''
/j/
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Rhotic
|
|'''*r'''
/ɹ/
|
|
|
|}
Nasal sounds could not appear word initially, nor it appears could *s or *z. The rhotic *r /ɹ/ possibly could have been a trill /r/ word initially. 

=== Vowels ===
The vowels of Proto-Azkali are, in standard notation:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!Front
|-
!Close
|'''*i'''
/i~ɪ/
|-
!Mid
|'''*e'''
/e~ɛ/
|-
!Open
|'''*a'''
/a/
|}

== Morphology ==

=== Nouns ===
Nouns in Proto-Azkali declined for 6 cases: the '''Nominative''', marking the object of a transitive or intransitive verb, the '''Ergative''', marking the subject of a transitive verb, the '''Accusative''' marking the direct object of a transitive verb and in past clauses, the subject of intransitive verbs and the direct objects of transitive verbs, the '''Genitive''', marking a relationship between two nouns, the '''Privative''', marking the lack of ownership specifically on a marked noun, and the '''Instrumental''', marking the noun as being the instrument by which the verb was accomplished (this can be a physical object or a concept).

Proto-Azkali had a split-ergative morphosyntactical alignment. In the future and present tenses, the nominative and accusative cases were used; in past tenses, the ergative case was used, and the accusative case acted as the absolutive case. Case marking appeared to have been conveyed via particles, shown below:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Proto
!Nominative
|Ø
|-
!Ergative
|*ne
|-
!Accusative
|*ka
|-
!Genitive
|*kaca
|-
!Privative
|*za
|-
!Instrumental
|*gazi
|}
Contrasting with regular nouns, pronouns had distinct forms based on their case:

=== Verbs ===

== Lexicon ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!No.
!Gloss
!Proto-Azkali
(Nora 1960)
!Notes
!Modern Azkali
|-
|1
|I
|*ke
|(or possibly *ki)
|go
|-
|2
|you (singular)
|*te
|
|te
|-
|3
|he
|*bai
|
|mei
|-
|4
|we
|*an
|
|oen
|-
|5
|you (plural)
|*ean
|
|uen
|-
|6
|they (plural)
|*en
|
|ein
|-
|7
|this
|*anazgeri
|
|nazkuriz
|-
|8
|that
|*keri
|
|kauli
|-
|9
|here
|*on
|
|hon
|-
|10
|there
|
|
|heri
|-
|11
|who
|*gamea
|
|amori (interrogative)
|-
|12
|what
|*gamera
|
|amozeri (interrogative)
|-
|13
|where
|*gachera
|
|amicheri (interrogative)
|-
|14
|when
|*gesera
|
|isari (interrogative)
|-
|15
|how
|*kea
|
|amera (interrogative)
|-
|16
|not
|*ga(n)-
|
|hu-
|-
|17
|all
|*ke(n)-
|
|gen-
|-
|18
|many
|*gazg(i)-
|
|asti-
|-
|19
|some
|*eze(n)-
|
|sen-
|-
|20
|few
|*-(n)an
|
|irria-
|-
|21
|other
|
|
|gou-
|-
|22
|one
|*chat
|
|at
|-
|23
|two
|*chatei
|
|aitei
|-
|24
|three
|*charei
|
|iriu
|-
|25
|four
|*chamadei
|
|madhet
|-
|26
|five
|*chakei
|
|kaizo
|-
|27
|big
|
|
|motzi
|-
|28
|long
|
|
|zogi
|-
|29
|wide
|
|
|sogi
|-
|30
|thick
|
|
|astsathi
|-
|31
|heavy
|
|
|
|-
|32
|small
|
|
|
|-
|33
|short
|
|
|
|-
|34
|narrow
|
|
|
|-
|35
|thin
|
|
|
|-
|36
|woman
|*chemega
|
|kuiga
|-
|37
|man (adult male)
|*chamiga
|
|maiga
|-
|38
|man (kali being)
|*echalia
|(either *echalia or 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>egalia were likely used)
|kali
|-
|39
|child
|*sachigi
|
|atsini
|-
|40
|wife
| rowspan="2" |*chetaz
|
|eitoiz
|-
|41
|husband
|
|paotoiz
|-
|42
|mother
|*mama
|
|mama
|-
|43
|father
|*papa
|
|papa
|-
|44
|animal
|*chitzaga
|
|isana
|-
|45
|fish
|
|
|
|-
|46
|bird
|
|
|
|-
|47
|dog
|
|
|
|-
|48
|louse
|
|
|
|-
|49
|snake
|
|
|
|-
|50
|worm
|
|
|
|-
|51
|tree
|*gra
|(almost certainly derived
from Mallo-Brausian)
|zamait
|-
|52
|forest
|*grablia
|(almost certainly derived
from Mallo-Brausian)
|zamaikon
|-
|53
|stick
|
|
|
|-
|54
|fruit
|
|
|
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|}

== Contact with Proto-Ukilen ==