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=== Vowels === | === Vowels === | ||
The vowels of Proto- | The vowels of Proto-Azkali are, in standard notation: | ||
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=== Nouns === | === 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: | |||
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!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 === | === Verbs === | ||