Azkali grammar

Azkali grammar is the structural rules which the Azkali language follows, including the rules for words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.

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.

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

The following table shows each personal pronoun in Azkali, declining for case and number.


	Singular					Paucal			Plural
	1st	2nd	3rd			1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
	1st	2nd	Masculine	Feminine	Neutral	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Ergative	go	tu	mai	kut	hakel	tzo	tzu	tzare	ko	ku	kei
Absolutive	en	tu	mai	kurez	hakel	tzen	tzu	rutzez	komo	kumu	keime
Possessive	en	tuek	maik	kutek	harek	tzen	tzuk	tzak	komo	zku	ezkei
Privative	goz	tukoz	maiz	keiz	heiz	tzeiz	tzuiz	tzaiz	tzaoz	tzauz	eztzeu
Dative	get	tet	het			tzego	tzeutu	tzere	geo	teo	keo
Instrumental	gokoz	tukoz	hekoz			tzego	tzeutu	tzere	geo	teo	keo

Case

Grammatical case, or the direct inflection of nouns based on their grammatical roles or functions, is used prevalently in Azkali. In Azkali, there are six canonical grammatical cases;