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Revision as of 01:37, 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, êzhffath, eᴛhffath, toɴhwr, 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)eʟ + nasal mutation
Dative [1]ych [2]c(h)aʟych
Locative [1]ol [2]c(h)aʟol
Ablative [1]yn [2]c(h)aʟyn
Instrumental [3]il [2]c(h)eʟil

The declension is best illustrated with example nouns:

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


mara 'tree'
Nominative mara marancaʟ
Accusative marathi marancaʟi
Genitive mareth + nasal mutation maranceʟ + nasal mutation
Dative marathych marancaʟych
Locative marathol marancaʟol
Ablative marathyn marancaʟyn
Instrumental marethil maranceʟil


maga 'son'
Nominative maga magancaʟ
Accusative magani magancaʟi
Genitive magen + nasal mutation maganceʟ + nasal mutation
Dative maganych magancaʟych
Locative maganol magancaʟol
Ablative maganyn magancaʟyn
Instrumental magenil maganceʟil


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


gwîᴅ 'house'
Nominative gwîᴅ gwîᴛhcaʟ
Accusative gwîᴛhi gwîᴛhcaʟi
Genitive gwîᴛh + nasal mutation gwîᴛhceʟ + nasal mutation
Dative gwîᴛhych gwîᴛhcaʟych
Locative gwîᴛhol gwîᴛhcaʟol
Ablative gwîᴛhyn gwîᴛhcaʟyn
Instrumental gwîᴛhil gwîᴛhceʟil

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources