Maghrebi Azalic

Maghrebi Azalic (lit. [the language] of those who say đâu [for '2']) is an Azalic language. It is closer to English than other Azalic languages are, but still a separate language. It is inspired by Vietnamese.

It is in the Ăn Yidiș-Cubrite sprachbund.

Morphology

Pronouns

• conj. i, du/u, khê, si, it, gia, dul/ul, doi/oi
• disj. mi, du, khim, kher, it, eox, dul, dam
• poss. moi, ur, khex, kher, itx, eor, dux, dar

Nouns

Two cases (nominative and genitive), no gender

• Genitive singular is always -x or -ơx
• Plural is always nom. -i, gen. -xi

The definite article is invariably dơ. There is no indefinite article.

Umlaut, known in Lõis as affection, is used for some plurals: for example, mon 'man', mơn 'men'.

Verbs

Only the imperative/infinitive survives in lexical verbs. There is also a passive participle in -ơd (only used as an adjective).

Auxiliaries

Maghrebi Azalic has an auxiliary verb system similar to Colloquial Welsh. In addition, there is a T-V distinction: the 2nd person plural u is also used as a polite pronoun.

The choice of preposition before the lexical verb also controls the tense:

• Im ođ heđ = I eat/I am eating (lit. I am at eating)
• Im pho heđ = I have eaten (lit. I am after eating)

Various auxiliaries in Maghrebi Azalic

→ Person	I	thou	he	she	it	we	blotp	they	Non-pronominal
Present (sêu is from *seq̇ 'see')	im	dur	khês	sis	its	giar	dulơr	dar	sêu
Pres. Interrogative	am i	ar du	is khê	is si	ist	ar gia	ar dul	ar doi	is
Pres. Negative	nam i	nar du	nis khê	nis si	nist	nar gia	nar dul	nar doi	nis
Past (from aorist *dʰéh₁t of *dʰeh₁ 'to do')	ted i	ted u	ted khê	ted si	ted it	ted gia	ted ul	ted oi	ted
Future/Subjunctive	ter i	ter u	ter khê	ter si	ter it	ter gia	ter u	ter doi	ter