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*final /ɑ, ə, ɛ, ɔ/ lost, long variants shorten to /ə/, /e, o, i, | *final /ɑ, ə, ɛ, ɔ/ lost, long variants shorten to /ə/, /e, o, i, u/ > /ɛ, ɔ, e, o/ | ||
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*loss of nasals after oral stops, as in Ancient Tevvic "{{lang|mtev|phḗthmạh}}" > Middle Tevvic "{{lang|mtev|phēthe}}". | *loss of nasals after oral stops, as in Ancient Tevvic "{{lang|mtev|phḗthmạh}}" > Middle Tevvic "{{lang|mtev|phēthe}}". | ||
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| Ancient Tevvic | |
|---|---|
| चैवैताण् (cēvētāṇ) | |
| Pronunciation | [t͡ɕɛː.ʋɛː.ˈtɑːɳ] |
| Created by | Melinoë |
| Date | May, 2026 |
| Native to | Uttarakhand |
| Ethnicity | Tevvics |
| Era | Spoken from the mid 12th to the late 17th centuries, developed into Modern Tevvic by 1700. |
Indo-European
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Early form | Proto-Chlesamnic
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Middle Tevvic (Autonym: चैवैताण्, /t͡ɕɛː.ʋɛː.ˈtɑːɳ/) was a language spoken in northern India, largely around the modern state of Uttarakhand. It is the direct descendant of Ancient Tevvic, though it is not intelligible with it in the slightest.
History
Development
Early Middle
Also called "Late Ancient"
- /ʎ/ > /ɕ/
- word final /Cʰ/ > /h/
- voiced aspirates to voiced, developing a minor tonal distinction
- beginning of stress shift to mesostatic throughout
- geminated aspirates to short
Middle proper
- final /ɑ, ə, ɛ, ɔ/ lost, long variants shorten to /ə/, /e, o, i, u/ > /ɛ, ɔ, e, o/
- final /h/ lost
- loss of nasals after oral stops, as in Ancient Tevvic "phḗthmạh" > Middle Tevvic "phēthe".
- voiceless aspirates to voiceless, imparting a high tone on the vowel
- /ə/ > /ɛ/
Phonology
Vowels
This first table is the set of "primary" vowels.
| independent | transliteration | IPA | dependent | Independent | transliteration | IPA | dependent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| अ | a | [ɑ] | प | आ | ā | [ɑː] | पा | |
| इ | i | [i] | पि | ई | ī | [iː] | पी | |
| उ | u | [u] | पु | ऊ | ū | [uː] | पू | |
| ऍ | e | [ɛ] | पॅ | ऐ | ē | [ɛː] | पै | |
| ऎ | ei | [e] | पॆ | ए | ēi | [eː] | पे | |
| ऑ | o | [ɔ] | पॉ | औ | ō | [ɔː] | पौ | |
| ऒ | ou | [o] | पॊ | ओ | ōu | [oː] | पो |
This second table is the set of "altered" vowels, containing the front rounds and central vowels. These repurpose the anusvara as a quality modifier.
| independent | transliteration | IPA | dependent | Independent | transliteration | IPA | dependent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| इं | ị | [y] | पिं | ईं | ị̄ | [yː] | पीं | |
| उं | ụ | [ɨ] | पुं | ऊं | ụ̄ | [ɨː] | पूं | |
| ऍं | ẹ | [œ] | पॅं | ऐं | ẹ̄ | [œː] | पैं | |
| ऎं | ẹi | [ø] | पॆं | एं | ẹ̄i | [øː] | पें |
Stress is marked through the udatta, such as प॑ (pá), though the anudatta is common for tall symbols (as in "पे॒" ("pḗi"))
Consonants
| Phonetics → | Occlusive | Nasal | Approximant | Fricative | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voicing → | voiceless | voiced | voiceless | voiced | ||||||||||||
| Aspiration → | unaspirated | aspirated | unaspirated | aspirated | unaspirated | |||||||||||
| Velar | क | ka [k] |
ख | kha [k] |
ग | ga [ɡ] |
घ | gha [ɡ] |
ह | ha [h] |
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| Palatal | च | ca [tɕ] |
छ | cha [tɕ] |
ज | ja [dʑ] |
झ | jha [dʑ] |
ञ | ña [ɲ] |
य | ya [j] |
श | śa [ɕ] |
झ़ | źa [ʑ] |
| Retroflex | ट | ṭa [ʈ] |
ठ | ṭha [ʈ] |
ड | ḍa [ɖ] |
ढ | ḍha [ɖ] |
ण | ṇa [ɳ] |
र | ra [ɻ] |
ष | ṣa [ʂ] |
ढ़ | ẓa [ʐ] |
| Dental | त | ta [t̪] |
थ | tha [t̪] |
द | da [d̪] |
ध | dha [d̪] |
न | na [n̪] |
ल | la [l] |
स | sa [s] |
ज़ | za [z] |
| Labial | प | pa [p] |
फ | pha [p] |
ब | ba [b] |
भ | bha [b] |
म | ma [m] |
व | va [ʋ] |
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Prosody
Orthography
Morphology
All inflectable terms follow one of three stress patterns, acrostatic (initial stress), mesostatic (stressed ending), or kinetic. kinetic stress originally entailed a moving stress, where it was acrostatic in some forms, but mesostatic in others, this "moving" stress has been leveled out, but the phonological effects remain, as in मंहः॑ (mạháh) but मंगः॑ (mạgáh).
Nominals
Nominals decline based on roughly 4 categories, those being number, case, gender (adjectives), and possessor (nouns). Noun roots may be derived for different genders, often for a semantic change.
Nouns
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | -म ((-ma)) | -ष ((-ṣa)) |
| 2nd | -थ ((-tha)) | -ष्व ((-ṣva)) |
| 3rd | -ण ((-ṇa)) | -नैस ((-nēsa)) |
Masculines
a-stem
| उ॑ल्फंः (úlphạh) | फ॑ह्रंः (pháhrạh) | [Term?] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | उ॑ल्फंः (úlphạh) | उ॑ल्फॉः (úlphoh) | फ॑ह्रंः (pháhrạh) | फ॑ह्रॉः (pháhroh) | () | () |
| vocative | उ॑ल्फ् (úlph) | उ॑ल्फॉः (úlphoh) | फ॑ह्र् (pháhr) | फ॑ह्रॉः (pháhroh) | () | () |
| accusative | उ॑ल्फ (úlpha) | उ॑ल्फः (úlphah) | फ॑ह्र (pháhra) | फ॑ह्रः (pháhrah) | () | () |
| allative | उ॑ल्फौर् (úlphōr) | उ॑ल्फह्र्(úlphahr) | फ॑ह्रौर् (pháhrōr) | फ॑ह्रह्र् (pháhrahr) | () | () |
| genitive | उ॑ल्फंः (úlphạh) | उ॑ल्फां (úlphạ̄) | फ॑ह्रंः (pháhrạh) | फ॑ह्रां (pháhrạ̄) | () | () |
| ablative | उ॑ल्फॅच् (úlphec) | उ॑ल्फः (úlphah) | फ॑ह्रॅच् (pháhrec) | फ॑ह्रः (pháhrah) | () | () |
| dative | उ॑ल्फै (úlphē) | उ॑ल्फैसॉ (úlphēso) | फ॑ह्रै (pháhrē) | फ॑ह्रैसॉ (pháhrēso) | () | () |
| instrumental | उ॑ल्फॉ (úlpho) | उ॑ल्फंः (úlphạh) | फ॑ह्रॉ (pháhro) | फ॑ह्रंः (pháhrạh) | () | () |
Adjectives
Pronouns
Prepositions
Verbs
| active | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | subjunctive | imperative | |||||
| present | past | future | present | past | |||
| singular | 1st | ||||||
| 2nd | |||||||
| 3rd | |||||||
| plural | 1st | ||||||
| 2nd | |||||||
| 3rd | |||||||
| passive | |||||||
| singular | 1st | ||||||
| 2nd | |||||||
| 3rd | |||||||
| plural | 1st | ||||||
| 2nd | |||||||
| 3rd | |||||||
| active | passive | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| present participle | |||||||
| past participle | |||||||
Syntax
Word order
Questions and answers
"To be"
Texts
UDHR Article 1
- Original (English)
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Vocabulary
Phrasebook
| Greetings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tevvotanva | English | Usage notes |
| welcome | ||
| good morning | must agree for gender | |
| good evening | ||
| good day, (formal) hello | ||
| farewell, goodbye | ||
| hello, hi | casual | |
| (good)bye | ||
| Introductions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tevvotanva | English | |
| what is your name? | ||
| my name is... | ||
| how are you? | ||
| I am [adj], and you? | ||
| where are you from? | ||
| I am from... | ||
Numerals
| 1 | ऐ॑णंः (ḗṇạh) |
|---|---|
| 2 | थ्वॅः॑ (thvéh) |
| 3 | ठाः॑ (ṭhā́h) |
| 4 | ष्ट्वा॑र् (ṣṭvā́r) |
| 5 | प॑च् (pác) |
| 6 | स॑ख्श् (sákhś) |
| 7 | ष॑वॉथ् (ṣávoth) |
| 8 | अ॑ढ़्दॉथ् (áẓdoth) |
| 9 | न॑वॉथ् (návoth) |
| 10 | च॑हॉथ् (cáhoth) |
| 11 | ऐ॑णंचहॉथ् (ḗṇạcahoth) |
| 12 | थ्वॅ॑चहॉथ् (thvécahoth) |
Colors
| लौग्झ़ (lōgźa), फ्लेकॅ (phlēike) | फीमॅ (phīme), मॉश्ग्व (mośgva); अस्काथॅ (askāthe) | स्वर्ठॅ (svarṭhe) |
| रौध (rōdha), ऑण्धॉणॅ (oṇdhoṇe) | तुं (tụ); ऍण (eṇa) | फ्लॅव (phleva), फैतातॅ (phētāte) |
| ह्रॉनि (hroni) | षॅल्ग्व (ṣelgva), हरितॅ (harite) | नील् (nīl) |
| अमाथॅ (amāthe) | हाज़्व (hāzva) | मॅचक् (mecak) |
| शौण् (śōṇ) | शौण् (śōṇ) | पाटल (pāṭala) |
Time
Lexical comparison
Leipzig-Jakarta
| Leipzig-Jakarta List | ||||||||
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| Rank | English | Proto-? | Tevvotanva | |||||
| 1 | fire | [Term?] | ||||||
| 2 | nose | [Term?] | ||||||
| 3 | to go | [Term?] | ||||||
| 4 | water | [Term?] | ||||||
| 5 | mouth (body) (river) |
[Term?] | ||||||
| 6 | tongue | [Term?] | ||||||
| 7 | blood | [Term?] | ||||||
| 8 | bone | [Term?] | ||||||
| 9 | 2sg pronoun (you) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 10 | root | [Term?] | ||||||
| 11 | to come (move) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 12 | breast | [Term?] | ||||||
| 13 | rain | [Term?] | ||||||
| 14 | 1sg pronoun (I) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 15 | name | [Term?] | ||||||
| 16 | louse (Phthirapteron) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 17 | wing | [Term?] | ||||||
| 18 | flesh/meat | [Term?] | ||||||
| 19 | arm/hand | [Term?] | ||||||
| 20 | fly (Dipteron) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 21 | night (time) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 22 | ear | [Term?] | ||||||
| 23 | neck | [Term?] | ||||||
| 24 | far (prep.) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 25 | to do/make | [Term?] | ||||||
| 26 | house/structure | [Term?] | ||||||
| 27 | stone/rock (singular) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 28 | bitter | [Term?] | ||||||
| 29 | to say | [Term?] | ||||||
| 30 | tooth | [Term?] | ||||||
| 31 | hair | [Term?] | ||||||
| 32 | big | [Term?] | ||||||
| 33 | one (number) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 34 | who? | [Term?] | ||||||
| 35 | 3sg pronoun (they) (m) (f) (n) |
[Term?] | ||||||
| 36 | to hit/beat | [Term?] | ||||||
| 37 | leg/foot | [Term?] | ||||||
| 38 | horn | [Term?] | ||||||
| 39 | this (pron.) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 40 | fish | [Term?] | ||||||
| 41 | yesterday | [Term?] | ||||||
| 42 | to drink | [Term?] | ||||||
| 43 | black (color) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 44 | navel | [Term?] | ||||||
| 45 | to stand | [Term?] | ||||||
| 46 | to bite | [Term?] | ||||||
| 47 | back (body) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 48 | wind | [Term?] | ||||||
| 49 | smoke (substance) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 50 | what? | [Term?] | ||||||
| 51 | child (kin term) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 52 | egg | [Term?] | ||||||
| 53 | to give | [Term?] | ||||||
| 54 | new (adj.) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 55 | to burn (intr.) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 56 | not (adj./adv.) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 57 | good | [Term?] | ||||||
| 58 | to know | [Term?] | ||||||
| 59 | knee | [Term?] | ||||||
| 60 | sand | [Term?] | ||||||
| 61 | to laugh | [Term?] | ||||||
| 62 | to hear | [Term?] | ||||||
| 63 | soil | [Term?] | ||||||
| 64 | leaf | [Term?] | ||||||
| 65 | red (color) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 66 | liver (organ) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 67 | to hide | [Term?] | ||||||
| 68 | skin/hide (animal) (general) |
[Term?] | ||||||
| 69 | to suck | [Term?] | ||||||
| 70 | to carry | [Term?] | ||||||
| 71 | ant (Formid) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 72 | heavy | [Term?] | ||||||
| 73 | to take | [Term?] | ||||||
| 74 | old | [Term?] | ||||||
| 75 | to eat | [Term?] | ||||||
| 76 | thigh | [Term?] | ||||||
| 77 | thick | [Term?] | ||||||
| 78 | long (spacially) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 79 | to blow | [Term?] | ||||||
| 80 | wood | [Term?] | ||||||
| 81 | to run | [Term?] | ||||||
| 82 | to fall | [Term?] | ||||||
| 83 | eye (body-part) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 84 | ash | [Term?] | ||||||
| 85 | tail | [Term?] | ||||||
| 86 | dog | [Term?] | ||||||
| 87 | to cry/weep | [Term?] | ||||||
| 88 | to tie | [Term?] | ||||||
| 89 | to see | [Term?] | ||||||
| 90 | sweet | [Term?] | ||||||
| 91 | rope | [Term?] | ||||||
| 92 | shade/shadow | [Term?] | ||||||
| 93 | bird | [Term?] | ||||||
| 94 | salt | [Term?] | ||||||
| 95 | small | [Term?] | ||||||
| 96 | wide | [Term?] | ||||||
| 97 | star | [Term?] | ||||||
| 98 | in | [Term?] | ||||||
| 99 | hard (materially) | [Term?] | ||||||
| 100 | to crush/grind | [Term?] | ||||||