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 === Nouns ===
-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. In addition, Azkali also features a robust inverse number system, though it is only regularly used in formal speech.
+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 form or realization of grammatical gender being completely absent. Azkali nouns are constructed agglunatively, contrasting with verbs. In addition, Azkali also features a robust inverse number system, though it is only regularly used in formal speech.
 Affixes occur in a relatively set order, displayed in the below noun template chart:
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+Shown below are several examples of these cases in use for various words, and their respective meanings.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
+! colspan="3" |Word
+|-
+!''akimateya'' - (a) relative
+(as in family)
+!''nedhathu -''
+(a) message
+!''koroz'' - (a)
+bridge
+|-
+! rowspan="6" |Case
+!Ergative
+|akimateyan
+''(relative)''
+|nedhathun
+''(message)''
+|korozen
+''(bridge)''
+|-
+!Absolutive
+|akimateya
+''(relative)''
+|nedhathu
+''(message)''
+|koroz
+''(bridge)''
+|-
+!Possessive
+|akimateyak
+''(the relative's)''
+|nedhathuk
+''(the message's)''
+|korozek
+''(the bridge's)''
+|-
+!Privative
+|akimateyaz
+''(lacking a relative)''
+|nedhathuz
+''(lacking a message)''
+|korozaz
+''(lacking a bridge)''
+|-
+!Dative
+|akimateyati
+''(to a relative)''
+|nedhathuti
+''(to a message)''
+|korozeti
+''(to a bridge)''
+|-
+!Instrumental
+|akimateyagez
+''(done with a relative)''
+|nedhathugez
+''(done with a message)''
+|korozez
+''(done with a bridge)''
+|}
 === Pronouns ===