Azkali language: Difference between revisions

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=== Pre-Plague Azkali (1900-1980 AD) ===

=== Modern Azkali (2005 AD-) ===

=== Plague Azkali (1980-2005) ===

Modern Azkali denotes any form of the language occuring after the re-establishment of the Azkali State.

=== Modern Azkali (2005 AD) ===

Modern Azkali denotes any form of the language occuring after the re-establishment of the Azkali State as a unified entity.

==== Standard Azkali (2016 AD) ====

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== Grammar ==

Azkali is a decisively [[W:Agglutinative language|agglutinative]] language. Azkali nouns contain '''two definitenesses''' (Definite, and Indefinite), '''6 cases''' (Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Ablative, Possessive, and Privative), and '''three numbers''' (Singular, Paucal, and Plural). Azkali verbs conjugate for '''three or four tenses''' (the Far Past, Past, and Non Past, with a dialectal future construction), '''3 moods''' (Indicative, Conditional, and the Imperative), and '''11 aspects''' (Perfective, Momentane, Perfect, Prospective, Imperfective, Habitual, Progressive, Stative, Gnomic, Inchoative, and Iterative,). Azkali verbs also contain 2 participle forms (Past and Present), the gerund, and the agentive.

Due to the relatively large amount of marking that words can take in Azkali, the word order of Azkali has gradually become relatively free. Most sentences tend to roughly follow a SVO word order pattern, however the tendency to follow a strict word order has eroded. This is a fairly novel construct, only being attested around the mid 1800s; speech following a strict SVO pattern is often considered traditional, or old fashioned. Relatively strict word orders are also seen in certain dialects, particularly those of which are influenced by [[Oikan]].

Azkali grammar is notably different from other languages in Ukilen. However, due to extensive contact with languages such as [[Oikan]] and [[Baphian language|Baphian]], Azkali's grammar shares some notable features with them. In the past, and continuing on up until around the 1980s, Azkali grammar was far more irregular and was more differentiated from languages in Ukilen.

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 === Pre-Plague Azkali (1900-1980 AD) ===
-=== Modern Azkali (2005 AD-) ===
+=== Plague Azkali (1980-2005) ===
-Modern Azkali denotes any form of the language occuring after the re-establishment of the Azkali State.
+=== Modern Azkali (2005 AD) ===
+Modern Azkali denotes any form of the language occuring after the re-establishment of the Azkali State as a unified entity.
 ==== Standard Azkali (2016 AD) ====
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 == Grammar ==
 Azkali is a decisively [[W:Agglutinative language|agglutinative]] language. Azkali nouns contain '''two definitenesses''' (Definite, and Indefinite), '''6 cases''' (Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Ablative, Possessive, and Privative), and '''three numbers''' (Singular, Paucal, and Plural). Azkali verbs conjugate for '''three or four tenses''' (the Far Past, Past, and Non Past, with a dialectal future construction), '''3 moods''' (Indicative, Conditional, and the Imperative), and '''11 aspects''' (Perfective, Momentane, Perfect, Prospective, Imperfective, Habitual, Progressive, Stative, Gnomic, Inchoative, and Iterative,). Azkali verbs also contain 2 participle forms (Past and Present), the gerund, and the agentive.
+Due to the relatively large amount of marking that words can take in Azkali, the word order of Azkali has gradually become relatively free. Most sentences tend to roughly follow a SVO word order pattern, however the tendency to follow a strict word order has eroded. This is a fairly novel construct, only being attested around the mid 1800s; speech following a strict SVO pattern is often considered traditional, or old fashioned. Relatively strict word orders are also seen in certain dialects, particularly those of which are influenced by [[Oikan]].
 Azkali grammar is notably different from other languages in Ukilen. However, due to extensive contact with languages such as [[Oikan]] and [[Baphian language|Baphian]], Azkali's grammar shares some notable features with them. In the past, and continuing on up until around the 1980s, Azkali grammar was far more irregular and was more differentiated from languages in Ukilen.