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{{Infobox language
| name             = Kagatoni
| nativename       = ''kagaṭonye zyna''
| pronunciation    = [kagatʼoɲe ʑna]
| states           = [[Central Etzavazi Republic]] {{small|([[Kagatonah]])}}
| ethnicity        = [[Kagatoni people]]
| speakers         = ~38 million
| date             = 4623
| speakers2        = 
| familycolor      = Crinat
| fam2             = Central
| fam3             = Norcal
| fam4             = 
| ancestor         = Old Kagatoni
| ancestor2        = 
| script           = [[Verethian script]]
| nation           = {{flag|Central Etzavazi Republic}} {{small|([[Kagatonah]])}}
| minority         = 
| agency           = 
| lingua           = 
| map              = CER languages.png
| mapcaption       = Languages of the Central Etzavazi Republic (areas where Kagatoni is the majority in red)
| map2             = 
| mapcaption2      = 
| glottorefname    = Kagatoni
}}

'''Kagatoni''' (''kagaṭonye zyna'' [kagatʼoɲe ʑna]) is a [[Crinat languages|Ćrinat]] language spoken in the [[Central Etzavazi Republic]]. As the national language of [[Kagatonah]], it is one of three [[Languages of the Central Etzavazi Republic|co-official languages]] of the Central Etzavazi Republic, alongside [[Talozhi language|Talozhi]] and [[Mesvadi language|Mesvadi]]. Its closest relatives are [[Bachỹty language|Bachỹty]] and Socal.

==History==

==Geographic distribution==

==Current status==

==Phonology==
===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
|+Consonant phonemes in Kagatoni
!colspan=2|
![[Wikipedia:Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Wikipedia:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Wikipedia:Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Wikipedia:Velar consonant|Velar]]
![[Wikipedia:Uvular consonant|Uvular]]
![[Wikipedia:Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
!colspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|m
|n
|ɲ
|(ŋ)
|(ɴ)
|
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Stop consonant|Stop]]
!{{small|[[Wikipedia:Voice (phonetics)|Plain]]}}
|p
|t
|
|k
|q
|
|-
!{{small|[[Wikipedia:Ejective consonant|Ejective]]}}
|
|tʼ
|
|kʼ
|qʼ
|
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
!{{small|[[Wikipedia:Voice (phonetics)|Plain]]}}
|
|colspan=2|t͡ɕ
|
|
|
|-
!{{small|[[Wikipedia:Ejective consonant|Ejective]]}}
|
|colspan=2|t͡ɕʼ
|
|
|
|-
!colspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
|v
|s
|ɕ ʑ ç ʝ
|
|
|h
|-
!colspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
|ʋ
|l
|j
|
|
|
|-
!colspan=2|[[Wikipedia:Trill consonant|Trill]]
|
|r
|
|
|
|}

===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Vowel phonemes in Kagatoni
|-
!&nbsp;
![[Wikipedia:Front vowel|Front]]
![[Wikipedia:Central vowel|Central]]
![[Wikipedia:Back vowel|Back]]
|-
! [[Wikipedia:Close vowel|Close]]
| i
|
| u
|-
! [[Wikipedia:Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]
| [e]
| [ə]
| [o]
|-
! [[Wikipedia:Open-mid vowel|Open-mid]]
| ɛ
|
| ɔ
|-
! [[Wikipedia:Open vowel|Open]]
| [æ]
| a
| [ɑ]
|}

Kagatoni also has two [[Wikipedia:Diphthong|diphthongs]]: /ɛi̯/ and /ɔu̯/.

==Writing system==

==Grammar==
Typical of Ćrinat languages, Kagatoni is an agglutinative language that relies heavily on affixation. It has a split-ergative morphosyntactic alignment, where nouns can exhibit ergative-absolutive or absolutive-oblique alignment depending on the sentence. 

===Verbs===

===Nouns===
====Case====
Kagatoni nouns decline five grammatical cases: absolutive, oblique, genitive, ergative and instrumental.

{| style="text-align: center" class="wikitable"
|+ Examples
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Final -p, -k
! colspan="2" | Final -t
! colspan="2" | Vowel final (truncating)
! colspan="2" | Vowel final (non-truncating)
|-
! Suffix
! Example:<br/>''imbuk'' ("dog")
! Suffix
! Example:<br/>''quhlit'' ("bow")
! Suffix
! Example:<br/>''laṭka'' ("green (n.)")
! Suffix
! Example:<br/>''ṭo'' ("swamp")
|-
! Absolutive
| ''-∅''
| ''imbuk''
| ''-∅''
| ''quhlit''
| ''-∅''
| ''laṭka''
| ''-∅''
| ''ṭo''
|-
! Oblique
| ''-e''
| ''imbuk-'''e'''''
| ''-ʲe''
| ''quhli-'''tye'''''
| ''=e''
| ''laṭk-'''e'''''
| ''-ye''
| ''ṭo-'''ye'''''
|-
! Genitive
| ''-da''
| ''imbu<u>n</u>-'''da'''''
| ''-ta''
| ''quhlit-'''ta'''''
| ''-da''
| ''laṭka-'''da'''''
| ''-da''
| ''ṭo-'''da'''''
|-
! Ergative
| ''-ka''
| ''imbuk-'''ka'''''
| ''-ka''
| ''quhlit-'''ka'''''
| ''-ka''
| ''laṭka-'''ka'''''
| ''-ka''
| ''ṭo-'''ka'''''
|-
! Instrumental
| ''-qa''
| ''imbu<u>h</u>-'''qa'''''
| ''-qa''
| ''quhlit-'''qa'''''
| ''-q''
| ''laṭka-'''q'''''
| ''-qa''
| ''ṭo-'''qa'''''
|}

====Number====
Kagatoni distinguishes between singular and plural number. The plural is marked with the prefix ''(i)n-''.

{| style="text-align: center" class="wikitable"
|+ Examples
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Vowel initial
! colspan="2" | Voiceless stop initial
! colspan="2" | Initial m-
! colspan="2" | Other consonants
|-
! Prefix
! Example:<br/>''osa'' ("bull")
! Prefix
! Example:<br/>''ṭan'' ("woman")
! Prefix
! Example:<br/>''miqna'' ("month")
! Prefix
! Example:<br/>''halga'' ("metal")
|-
! Plural
| ''n-''
| '''''n'''-osa''
| ''n-''
| '''''n'''-ṭan''
| ''im-''
| '''''im'''-miqna''
| ''in-''
| '''''in'''-halga
|}

===Syntax===
====Word order====
Word order in Kagatoni follows a ''Verb-Subject-Object'' (VSO) order. For example, the sentence "I read a book" can be expressed as follows:

{{interlinear
|Qola nei ihe
|read 1S.ABS book-OBL
|
}}

====Questions====

[[Category:Languages]][[Category:Verethia]]