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-'''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' /āíkāì/ is a strictly head-final, highly tonal language of Angai Central and South America. It is the liturgical language of the monotheistic religion Āínkiīaánịạkàì (unique-god-follow-NOM).
+'''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' /āíkāì/ is an agglutinative, strictly head-final, highly tonal language of Angai China. Classical Aíkaì is the liturgical language of the monotheistic religion Āínkiīaánịạkàì (''āín-kiīa-ánịạ-kàì'' unique-HON-follow-NMLZ 'following [the only] God').
+Aíkaì is diglossic, in a way similar to Arabic. Including all topolects, Aíkaì was the second-most spoken language worldwide in 2025, with 990 million people considering themselves speakers of Aíkaì. Modern Standard Aíkaì is one of the six official languages of the Angaian United Nations.
+== Todo ==
 == Phonology ==
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 n̄ ń n ǹ n{{cdb}}
+The only syllables (ignoring tone) are ''n'', ''i'', ''a'', ''ki'', and ''ka''. Hence including tone, Aíkaì has 25 syllables.
 == Grammar ==
 === Nouns ===
+==== Case markers ====
+* ''=n{{grave}}n{{acute}}'': topic
+* ''=kaa'': (focused) nominative
+* ''=íí'': (focused) honorific nominative
+* ''=ai'': genitive
+* ''=ki'': accusative
+* ''=áì'': locative
+* ''=kaí'': dative
+* ''=àá'': ablative
+* ''=ạkí'': terminative
+* ''=an{{acute}}'': 'as', instrumental
+The difference between the topic and nominative markers is much like the difference between ''wa'' and ''ga'' in Japanese:
+: ''Āín-kiīa=ǹń ānkạì=ki àń-kìká.''
+: unique-HON=TOP world=ACC create-PST
+: 'God created the world. (more neutral)'
+: ''Āín-kiīa=íí ānkạì=ki àń-kìká.''
+: unique-HON=NOM.HON world=ACC create-PST
+: 'It's God who created the world.'
 === Pronouns ===
-A hierarchical pronoun system like Korean/Jappanese/Vietnamese
+A hierarchical pronoun system like Korean/Japanese/Vietnamese
 === Verbs ===