Ancient Tevvic

Ancient Tevvic
ťēvvó tâṇa
Pronunciation	[cɛːʋ.ˈʋɔ ˈtɑː.ɳɑ]
Created by	Melinoë
Date	May, 2026
Native to	Uttarakhand
Ethnicity	Tevvics
Language family	Indo-European ? Tevvic Ancient Tevvic
Early form	Proto-?
Writing system	Latin

Development

• /x/ > /h/
• /r/ > /ɹ~ɻ/
• unstressed /i, u, ɑ/ > /ə/, leaving /ʲ, ʷ/ on following consonant, with the last turning consonants retroflex. Approximants simply move place, to /j, w, ɻ/ or /ʎ, ɫ, ɭ/ respectively
  • this palatal/labialization often affects the vowel and is then dropped
• /ə/ lost where new clusters are easy
• diphthongs simplify
• /VjV, VwV/ > /V:/
• coda nasals to nasalization where possible
• word final /s/ > /h/
• word final /Vh{ʲ,ʷ}/ > /V{ʲ,ʷ}/
• /wu/ > /u/
• /ĩ, ũ, ɛ̃, ɔ̃, ɑ̃, ə̃/ > /ɨ, ɨ, ə, ə, ə, ɑ/
• overlong vowels to plain long
• /w, v/ > /ʋ/, /hw/ > /ʋ̥/
• /NC/ > /C:/ when of the same place, when not then place assimilation occurs, thus /nt/ > /t:/ but /mt/ > /nt/
• /{rt,tr,rc,cr}, {rd,dr,rɟ,ɟr}, {rn,nr,rm,mr}, {rs,sr,rʃ,ʃr}, {rz,zr,rʒ,ʒr}/ > /ʈ, ɖ, ɳ, ʂ, ʐ/, /rk, kr/ > /ʈ/ in some areas
• coda geminates to /Cʰ/

Phonology

		labial	alveolar	retroflex	palatal	velar
nasal		m	n	ɳ	ɲ
stop	unvoiced	p	t	ʈ	c	k
	voiced	b	d	ɖ	ɟ	ɡ
fricative	unvoiced	f	s	ʂ	ʃ	h
	voiced		z	ʐ	ʒ
approximant		ʋ̥, ʋ	l	ɻ, ɭ	j, ʎ	ɫ~ɰ

	front				back
	unround		round
	short	long	short	long	short	long
High	i	iː	y	yː	u	uː
Mid	ɛ	ɛː	œ	œː	ɔ	ɔː
Low			(ə)		ɑ	ɑː

Morphology

Nominals

Nouns

Masculines

a-stem

A-stem masculine nouns

	úlf ("wolf", acro.)		[Term?] ("spear", meso.)		[Term?] ("stomach", kin.)
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	úlf	úlfoh
vocative	úlf	úlfoh
accusative	úlfa	úlfah
allative	úlfōr	úlfvəh
genitive	úlf	úlfə̄
ablative	úlfeť	úlfah
dative	úlfē	úlfēuh
instrumental	úlfo	úlfəh

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.

The Cold Winter is Near

Tevvotanva		English
		The cold winter is near, a blizzard will come.
		Come in my warm house, o' friend.
		Welcome! Come here, sing and dance, eat and drink!
		That is my plan.
		We have water, beer, and fresh milk from the cow.
		Oh, and warm soup!

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	êṇh
2	tvéh
3	ṭárh
4	ṣṭvár
5	pə́ṣ
6	sáhš
7	ṣvɨ́t
8	ẓdɨ́t
9	návɨt
10	tóhɨt
11	êṭṭḥɨt
12	tvêṭḥɨt

Colors

Colors in Ancient Tevvic · [Term?] (layout · text)

lēužáh, flêkh	fvɨ́h, frɨ́h, mougáh, áskāṭh	sváṭh
rōdáh, ədə́h	tɨ́h; əṇáh	fleváh, fêtāṭh
hroníh	ṣəḷgváh	nîla
áhmāṭh	hāzváh	mécaka
šôṇa	šôṇa	pāṭalá

Lexical comparison

Leipzig-Jakarta

Leipzig-Jakarta List
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?]

See also

• Ancient Tevvic dictionary