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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 (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:

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-gez-(e)-rek-a'', where:

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!-(n)-

!-akimateya-

~~!(g)~~

!-gez-

!-ez-

!(e)

!-rek-

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!Root: relative (family)

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!Instrumental case

|epenthetic

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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 (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:
+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-gez-(e)-rek-a'', where:
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 |epenthetic
 !Root: relative (family)
-|epenthetic
 !Instrumental case
 |epenthetic