Azkali language: Difference between revisions
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==== Allophony ==== | ==== Allophony ==== | ||
Azkali features large amounts of allophony. | |||
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== Orthography == | == Orthography == | ||
=== Azkali alphabet === | === Modes of writing Azkali === | ||
==== Azkali alphabet ==== | |||
The most common way of writing Azkali in the modern age is the [[Azkali alphabet]]. Before the [[1980 Azkali Plague|plague]], [[Ukilen logographs]] and the Azkali alphabet were used alongside each other. However, due to the effects of the [[1980 Azkali Plague|plague]], the Azkali alphabet was used nearly exclusively by the [[Warlord Generation]], with Ukilen logographs largely falling out in standard use. | The most common way of writing Azkali in the modern age is the [[Azkali alphabet]]. Before the [[1980 Azkali Plague|plague]], [[Ukilen logographs]] and the Azkali alphabet were used alongside each other. However, due to the effects of the [[1980 Azkali Plague|plague]], the Azkali alphabet was used nearly exclusively by the [[Warlord Generation]], with Ukilen logographs largely falling out in standard use. | ||
=== Ukilen logographs === | ==== Ukilen logographs ==== | ||
[[Ukilen logographs]] were a common form of writing Azkali, but nowadays are infrequently used among Azkali speakers globally. In areas where [[Kaneedkind#Baphian Kaneeds|Baphians]] are of high population, especially the north, the logography is much more preferred, but it is not uncommon to see it used alongside the Azkali alphabet.. | [[Ukilen logographs]] were a common form of writing Azkali, but nowadays are infrequently used among Azkali speakers globally. In areas where [[Kaneedkind#Baphian Kaneeds|Baphians]] are of high population, especially the north, the logography is much more preferred, but it is not uncommon to see it used alongside the Azkali alphabet.. | ||
=== Astseredontia === | ==== Astseredontia ==== | ||
In the past, [[Oikan]] Astseredontia was commonly used to write Azkali. Nowadays, it has been mostly superseded by the Azkali alphabet or Ukilen logographs. However, it still remains a common way of writing Azkali in communities along the Sunteria-Azkali border. Notably, Astseredontia is a co-official script in the Azkali city of [[Otzeipao]], alongside the Azkali alphabet. | In the past, [[Oikan]] Astseredontia was commonly used to write Azkali. Nowadays, it has been mostly superseded by the Azkali alphabet or Ukilen logographs. However, it still remains a common way of writing Azkali in communities along the Sunteria-Azkali border. Notably, Astseredontia is a co-official script in the Azkali city of [[Otzeipao]], alongside the Azkali alphabet. | ||
=== Romanization === | |||
== Grammar == | == Grammar == | ||
Azkali is most often classified as an agglutinative language, though its verbs show a large amount of fusionality. Azkali nouns contain '''two definitenesses''' (Definite, and Indefinite), '''6 cases''' (Nominative, Accusative, Dative, | Azkali is most often classified as an agglutinative language, though its verbs show a large amount of fusionality. Azkali nouns contain '''two definitenesses''' (Definite, and Indefinite), '''6 cases''' (Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Instrumental, 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) and '''3 moods''' (Indicative, Conditional, and the Imperative). 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, particularly in verbs and nouns in the Turruist register of 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 thus often considered traditional, or old fashioned. Relatively strict word orders are also seen in certain dialects, particularly those of which are influenced by [[Oikan]]. | Due to the relatively large amount of marking that words can take in Azkali, particularly in verbs and nouns in the Turruist register of 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 thus often considered traditional, or old fashioned. Relatively strict word orders are also seen in certain dialects, particularly those of which are influenced by [[Oikan]]. | ||