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'''Azkali grammar''' is the structural rules which the [[Azkali language]] follows, including the rules for words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.  
'''Azkali grammar''' is the structural rules which the [[Azkali language]] follows, including the rules for words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.  


== Nouns ==
== Morphology ==
Azkali nouns are overtly declined for six grammatical cases (the '''ergative, absolutive, possessive, privative, dative,''' and '''instrumental''') and three numbers (the '''singular, paucal,''' and '''plural'''), with any type of grammatical gender being completely absent in all attested dialects. Azkali nouns are constructed agglunatively, contrasting extremely with verbs.


=== Case ===
=== Overview ===
Grammatical case, or the direct inflection of nouns based on their grammatical roles or functions, is used prevalently in Azkali. In Azkali, there are six canonical grammatical cases;
Azkali is a language isolate, and it's grammar is extremely distinct in comparison languages in its surroundings, such as Oikan and Baphian. Colloquial Azkali, the variety of Azkali which will be discussed in this article, is extremely regular — there are no irregular verbs and very few irregular nouns. Azkali, like Baphian, is an agglutinative language; Azkali is notable in the fact that Azkali nouns can become extremely long. For example, the noun ''arizentzirozatzitouzana'' means "as y'all's few tables" (definite).