Azkali grammar

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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 and reflexive pronouns

The following table shows each personal pronoun in Azkali, declining for case and number. In addition, there is also reflexive pronouns included; while not a case in itself, in most Azkali grammars, the reflexive pronouns are included with the personal ones.

Singular Paucal Plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Masculine Feminine Neutral
Ergative go tu mai kut hakel tzo tzu tzare ko ku kei
Absolutive en kurez tzen rutzez komo kumu keime
Possessive tuek maik kutek harek tzuk tzak 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
(Reflexive) go ten tu ten ha te tzo te tzu te tzare te ko te ku te kei te

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;