Tveðo
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 | illanchaʟych |
| Locative | illathol | illancaʟol |
| Ablative | illathyn | illancaʟyn |
| Instrumental | illathil | illancaʟil |