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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 verbs conjugate for four moods (the '''indicative, conditional, hypothetical''', and '''imperative'''), three tenses (the '''far past, past,''' and '''non past'''), and person. Azkali verbs also have past and future participle, gerundive, and agentive forms. Within the context of languages in Azkali, Azkali is notable for wholey lacking grammatical aspect. Save irregular verbs, Azkali verbs have some fifteen unique verbal forms.

[[File:Old book gathering.jpg|thumb|The oldest surviving copy of the [[Azalyi Gazi Chixgartai Ka]], at the [[Museum of Azkali History (Otzeipao)|Museum of Azkali History]] in Otzeipao. The copy shown is estimated to have been written between 900 BCE to 1,100 BCE.]]

Azkali is usually considered an agglunative language, though its verbs are fusionally constructed. Azkali nouns are constructed much more agglutinatively than verbs; for example, the noun ''anakimateyagezereka'' means "accomplished with the relatives", or "with the help of the relatives"; this can be broken down as ''a-(n)-akimateya-(g)-ez-(e)-rek-a'', where:

Azkali is usually considered an agglunative language, though its verbs are fusionally constructed. Azkali nouns are constructed much more agglutinatively than verbs; for example, the noun ''[[Anakimateyagezereka (song)|anakimateyagezereka]]'' means "accomplished with the relatives", or "with the help of the relatives"; this can be broken down as ''a-(n)-akimateya-(g)-ez-(e)-rek-a'', where:

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This is contrasted by verbs, which are generally much simpler. For example, the verb ''ezingira'', meaning ''to have needed long ago'', can simply be broken down as ''ezi-'', the far past indicative prefix, and ''ngira'', the verbal root meaning to need. Azkali verbs are very regular, only containing some four irregular verbs, and only two different sets of conjugations (usually called ''declension classes'' when discussing Azkali).

Azkali is a strictly subject-verb-object language, contrasting with its neighboring Mallo-Brausian and Paleo-Azkali languages. Pronouns are never deleted, even when they are clear by context; as such, Azkali is classified as an anti pro-drop language.

== Dialects ==

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==== Loremesian Azkali ====

==== Mallian Azkali ====

== Vocabulary ==

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 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 verbs conjugate for four moods (the '''indicative, conditional, hypothetical''', and '''imperative'''), three tenses (the '''far past, past,''' and '''non past'''), and person. Azkali verbs also have past and future participle, gerundive, and agentive forms. Within the context of languages in Azkali, Azkali is notable for wholey lacking grammatical aspect. Save irregular verbs, Azkali verbs have some fifteen unique verbal forms.
+[[File:Old book gathering.jpg|thumb|The oldest surviving copy of the [[Azalyi Gazi Chixgartai Ka]], at the [[Museum of Azkali History (Otzeipao)|Museum of Azkali History]] in Otzeipao. The copy shown is estimated to have been written between 900 BCE to 1,100 BCE.]]
-Azkali is usually considered an agglunative language, though its verbs are fusionally constructed. Azkali nouns are constructed much more agglutinatively than verbs; for example, the noun ''anakimateyagezereka'' means "accomplished with the relatives", or "with the help of the relatives"; this can be broken down as ''a-(n)-akimateya-(g)-ez-(e)-rek-a'', where:
+Azkali is usually considered an agglunative language, though its verbs are fusionally constructed. Azkali nouns are constructed much more agglutinatively than verbs; for example, the noun ''[[Anakimateyagezereka (song)|anakimateyagezereka]]'' means "accomplished with the relatives", or "with the help of the relatives"; this can be broken down as ''a-(n)-akimateya-(g)-ez-(e)-rek-a'', where:
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+This is contrasted by verbs, which are generally much simpler. For example, the verb ''ezingira'', meaning ''to have needed long ago'', can simply be broken down as ''ezi-'', the far past indicative prefix, and ''ngira'', the verbal root meaning to need. Azkali verbs are very regular, only containing some four irregular verbs, and only two different sets of conjugations (usually called ''declension classes'' when discussing Azkali).
+Azkali is a strictly subject-verb-object language, contrasting with its neighboring Mallo-Brausian and Paleo-Azkali languages. Pronouns are never deleted, even when they are clear by context; as such, Azkali is classified as an anti pro-drop language.
 == Dialects ==
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 ==== Loremesian Azkali ====
+==== Mallian Azkali ====
 == Vocabulary ==