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! colspan="3"| ''maga'' 'son'
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!|Nominative
|''maga''||''magancaʟ''
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!|Accusative
|''magani''||''magancaʟi''
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!|Genitive
|''magaen'' + nasal mutation||''magancaʟ'' + nasal mutation
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!|Dative
|''maganych''||''magancaʟych''
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!|Locative
|''maganol''||''magancaʟol''
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!|Ablative
|''maganyn''||''magancaʟyn''
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!|Instrumental
|''maganil''||''magancaʟil''
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! colspan="3"| ''myᴛhi'' 'egg'
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!|Nominative
|''myᴛhi''||''myᴛhichaʟ''
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!|Accusative
|''myᴛhiae''||''myᴛhichaʟi''
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!|Genitive
|''myᴛhi'' + nasal mutation||''myᴛhichaʟ'' + nasal mutation
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!|Dative
|''myᴛhich''||''myᴛhichaʟych''
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!|Locative
|''myᴛhiol''||''myᴛhichaʟol''
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!|Ablative
|''myᴛhin''||''myᴛhichaʟyn''
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!|Instrumental
|''myᴛhiil''||''myᴛhichaʟil''
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Revision as of 01:05, 17 September 2016


Introduction

Tveðo is a Dravidian language spoken in Lõis's Madagascar. It is heavily inspired by Welsh and Medh Nghêl.

  • 1-10: ont, rhant, mwnt, nant, aent, awr, êzh, eᴛh, ompath, path
  • 20-100: îrffath, mwffath, nawsffath, aeffath, awrffath, êshffath, eᴛhffath, toɴwr, nwr

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Tveðo nouns decline in 7 cases and two numbers. The declension system is rather complex as each noun displays several different principal parts and and ending allomorphs also vary based on the noun.

General noun paradigm
Nominative [0] [2]c(h)aʟ
Accusative [1]i or [1]ae [2]c(h)aʟi
Genitive [3] + nasal mutation [2]c(h)aʟ + nasal mutation
Dative [1]ych [2]c(h)aʟych
Locative [1]ol [2]c(h)aʟol
Ablative [1]yn [2]c(h)aʟyn
Instrumental [1]il [2]c(h)aʟil

The declension is best illustrated with example nouns:

pawl 'kind'
Nominative pawl pawlchaʟ
Accusative pawli pawlchaʟi
Genitive pawl + nasal mutation pawlchaʟ + nasal mutation
Dative pawlych pawlchaʟych
Locative pawlol pawlchaʟol
Ablative pawlyn pawlchaʟyn
Instrumental pawlil pawlchaʟil


illa 'house'
Nominative illa illancaʟ
Accusative illathi illancaʟi
Genitive illath + nasal mutation illancaʟ + nasal mutation
Dative illathych illancaʟych
Locative illathol illancaʟol
Ablative illathyn illancaʟyn
Instrumental illathil illancaʟil


maga 'son'
Nominative maga magancaʟ
Accusative magani magancaʟi
Genitive magaen + nasal mutation magancaʟ + nasal mutation
Dative maganych magancaʟych
Locative maganol magancaʟol
Ablative maganyn magancaʟyn
Instrumental maganil magancaʟil


myᴛhi 'egg'
Nominative myᴛhi myᴛhichaʟ
Accusative myᴛhiae myᴛhichaʟi
Genitive myᴛhi + nasal mutation myᴛhichaʟ + nasal mutation
Dative myᴛhich myᴛhichaʟych
Locative myᴛhiol myᴛhichaʟol
Ablative myᴛhin myᴛhichaʟyn
Instrumental myᴛhiil myᴛhichaʟil

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources