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=== Alloti ===

Alhi is one of three official languages of Alloti, and it is the most spoken language in Alloti. It is taught in schools as a mandatory subject for the last three years of grade school, and is available in all colleges and universities in Alloti for learning and study. In the [century]s, Alhi was the only official language of Alloti, with usage of other languages being discouraged and often punished.

=== Ojanka ===

[[Ojanka]], a set of five islands controlled simultaneously by both Alloti and Mallia, Alhi is an official language. Most people on Ojanka speak both Alhi and Mallian, with road signs, other signs, and text being written in both Alhi and Mallian.

=== Sinovoz ===

[[Sinovoz]], a large island located in the middle of the Bellic Sea was also a colony of Alloti. Alhi had been an official language until Sinovoz's independence. The native language of Sinovoz, Piriň, has gained more and more use and now is the most spoken language on Sinovoz, but Alhi is still widely spoken and some areas on the island are still majority Alhi speaking. Signs and text are translated into both Piriň and Alhi, but many signs in only Piriň appear commonly in the capital of Sinovoz, Sinovoz-Ler.

== Grammar ==

Alhi shares many grammatical features with its relative, Kes. Alhi is classified as a fusional language, marking multiple features of verbs, nouns, etc. with singular affixes. Nouns and adjectives exhibit two definitenesses (indefinite and definite), two numbers (singular and plural), and five cases (nominative, accusative, dative, locative, and comitative). Verbs exhibit four moods (indicative, subjunctive, imperative, and interrogative), multiple tenses depending on the mood, two synthetic aspects (non-aspectual and habitual), and a periphrastic aspect (progressive). Verbs have multiple non-finite forms, having past, present, and future participles; gerunds; two types of agentives (non-human and human) and a verbal noun.

=== T-V Distinction ===

Alhi exhibits a T-V distinction, having familiar and formal forms of 2nd and 3rd person pronouns. Familiar forms are grammatically singular and formal forms are grammatically plural. Verbs conjugate to reflect this shift.

==== ''Mon'' vs. ''Ner'' ====

''Mon'' is the familiar, informal 2nd person pronoun, it is grammatically singular and it is used when talking to someone who is younger than you or if they are in a lower position than you, such as in a job, or for people of equal age as you. This contrasts with ''ner'', which is grammatically plural, it is the more respectful of the two and it is used when referring to someone older than you, or someone in a superior position than you, or simply for respect.

==== ''Ei/Eis'' vs. ''Eil/Eisal'' ====

Just like ''mon'' and ''ner'', Alhi also has a T-V distinction in the third person. The demonstratives ''ei'' and ''eis'' are used in the same way as ''mon'', and they can refer to any person or thing. The demonstratives ''eil'' and ''eisal'' are plural, and are used like ''ner''. All of these are proximal in their spatial deixis.

===== ''Ou'', ''Oul'', ''Oum'', and ''Oulum'' =====

''Ou'', ''Oul'', ''Oum'', and ''Oulum'' are all distal demonstratives. ''Ou'' and ''oum'' mean 'that', ''oul'' and ''oulum'' mean 'those'. These are not used to refer to people/things in the subject or direct object of verbs, but only as the indirect object if the direct object is also in the 3rd person.

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 === Alloti ===
 Alhi is one of three official languages of Alloti, and it is the most spoken language in Alloti. It is taught in schools as a mandatory subject for the last three years of grade school, and is available in all colleges and universities in Alloti for learning and study. In the [century]s, Alhi was the only official language of Alloti, with usage of other languages being discouraged and often punished.
+=== Ojanka ===
+[[Ojanka]], a set of five islands controlled simultaneously by both Alloti and Mallia, Alhi is an official language. Most people on Ojanka speak both Alhi and Mallian, with road signs, other signs, and text being written in both Alhi and Mallian.
+=== Sinovoz ===
+[[Sinovoz]], a large island located in the middle of the Bellic Sea was also a colony of Alloti. Alhi had been an official language until Sinovoz's independence. The native language of Sinovoz, Piriň, has gained more and more use and now is the most spoken language on Sinovoz, but Alhi is still widely spoken and some areas on the island are still majority Alhi speaking. Signs and text are translated into both Piriň and Alhi, but many signs in only Piriň appear commonly in the capital of Sinovoz, Sinovoz-Ler.
+== Grammar ==
+Alhi shares many grammatical features with its relative, Kes. Alhi is classified as a fusional language, marking multiple features of verbs, nouns, etc. with singular affixes. Nouns and adjectives exhibit two definitenesses (indefinite and definite), two numbers (singular and plural), and five cases (nominative, accusative, dative, locative, and comitative). Verbs exhibit four moods (indicative, subjunctive, imperative, and interrogative), multiple tenses depending on the mood, two synthetic aspects (non-aspectual and habitual), and a periphrastic aspect (progressive). Verbs have multiple non-finite forms, having past, present, and future participles; gerunds; two types of agentives (non-human and human) and a verbal noun.
+=== T-V Distinction ===
+Alhi exhibits a T-V distinction, having familiar and formal forms of 2nd and 3rd person pronouns. Familiar forms are grammatically singular and formal forms are grammatically plural. Verbs conjugate to reflect this shift.
+==== ''Mon'' vs. ''Ner'' ====
+''Mon'' is the familiar, informal 2nd person pronoun, it is grammatically singular and it is used when talking to someone who is younger than you or if they are in a lower position than you, such as in a job, or for people of equal age as you. This contrasts with ''ner'', which is grammatically plural, it is the more respectful of the two and it is used when referring to someone older than you, or someone in a superior position than you, or simply for respect.
+==== ''Ei/Eis'' vs. ''Eil/Eisal'' ====
+Just like ''mon'' and ''ner'', Alhi also has a T-V distinction in the third person. The demonstratives ''ei'' and ''eis'' are used in the same way as ''mon'', and they can refer to any person or thing. The demonstratives ''eil'' and ''eisal'' are plural, and are used like ''ner''. All of these are proximal in their spatial deixis.
+===== ''Ou'', ''Oul'', ''Oum'', and ''Oulum'' =====
+''Ou'', ''Oul'', ''Oum'', and ''Oulum'' are all distal demonstratives. ''Ou'' and ''oum'' mean 'that', ''oul'' and ''oulum'' mean 'those'. These are not used to refer to people/things in the subject or direct object of verbs, but only as the indirect object if the direct object is also in the 3rd person.