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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]].

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 often considered traditional, or old fashioned. Relatively strict word orders are also seen in certain dialects, particularly those of which are influenced by [[Oikan]].

Another novel construct in Azkali is the prescence of consonant and vowel mutation. The prescence of mutation in Azkali is extremely new, only being attested around the upheavel of the warlord era of Azkali. This change occured within a generation, and thus was followed closely by linguists across the world as it evolved (see: ''[[Evolution of Azkali grammatical mutation]]''). Although not always used to convey grammatical functions, it is nonetheless one of the most important aspects of Azkali's grammar. Oftentimes, mutation can differentiate two (or more, even) completely identical sentences. There are three different types of mutation, of which are described in it's corresponding section. Mutation is oftentimes one of the hardest aspects of Azkali grammar to learn, due to the precise cases of which each type of mutation appears in, and the irregularity in how mutation affects the meaning and pronunciation of whole words and sentences.

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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=== Colloquial Azkali ===

Colloquial Azkali is the unstandardized main dialect of Azkali used by all speakers.

Colloquial Azkali is the unstandardized main dialect of Azkali used by all speakers. This article, unless specificated, describes the Colloquial Azkali register''.''

=== Turruist Azkali ===

''Main article: [[Turruist Azkali register]]''

Turruist Azkali refers to any register of Azkali of which is used in meetings and ceremonies of the [[Turruism|Turruist faith]]. Turruist Azkali is very different from Colloquial Azkali, and oftentimes sentences in the two registers are unintelligable; a large amount linguists have thusly claimed that the two are seperate languages (in the fields of which this is claimed, the Colloquial register is called ''Azkali Patua'' whilst the Turruist register is referred to as ''Turrupeutei''). The differences between the Colloquial Azkali and Turruist Azkali are not only in the differentiated words of the two - of which the latter's lexicon would be considered antique - but also in the grammar. Turruist Azkali marks nouns with an obscene amount of grammatical cases (between 27 and 29). Verbs in Turruist Azkali are barebones, with the most irregular verb in the Colloquail dialect, ''isan'' (to be), having only '''[placeholder]''' different conjugations.

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 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]].
+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 often considered traditional, or old fashioned. Relatively strict word orders are also seen in certain dialects, particularly those of which are influenced by [[Oikan]].
+Another novel construct in Azkali is the prescence of consonant and vowel mutation. The prescence of mutation in Azkali is extremely new, only being attested around the upheavel of the warlord era of Azkali. This change occured within a generation, and thus was followed closely by linguists across the world as it evolved (see: ''[[Evolution of Azkali  grammatical mutation]]''). Although not always used to convey grammatical functions, it is nonetheless one of the most important aspects of Azkali's grammar. Oftentimes, mutation can differentiate two (or more, even) completely identical sentences. There are three different types of mutation, of which are described in it's corresponding section. Mutation is oftentimes one of the hardest aspects of Azkali grammar to learn, due to the precise cases of which each type of mutation appears in, and the irregularity in how mutation affects the meaning and pronunciation of whole words and sentences.
 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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 === Colloquial Azkali ===
-Colloquial Azkali is the unstandardized main dialect of Azkali used by all speakers.
+Colloquial Azkali is the unstandardized main dialect of Azkali used by all speakers. This article, unless specificated, describes the Colloquial Azkali register''.''
 === Turruist Azkali ===
+''Main article: [[Turruist Azkali register]]''
+Turruist Azkali refers to any register of Azkali of which is used in meetings and ceremonies of the [[Turruism|Turruist faith]]. Turruist Azkali is very different from Colloquial Azkali, and oftentimes sentences in the two registers are unintelligable; a large amount linguists have thusly claimed that the two are seperate languages (in the fields of which this is claimed, the Colloquial register is called ''Azkali Patua'' whilst the Turruist register is referred to as ''Turrupeutei''). The differences between the Colloquial Azkali and Turruist Azkali are not only in the differentiated words of the two - of which the latter's lexicon would be considered antique - but also in the grammar. Turruist Azkali marks nouns with an obscene amount of grammatical cases (between 27 and 29). Verbs in Turruist Azkali are barebones, with the most irregular verb in the Colloquail dialect, ''isan'' (to be), having only '''[placeholder]''' different conjugations.
 === G'torrugh ===