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'''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (''Qivattutannguáq'' /hivatːutaŋːuáχ/ or ''Qivattáa tannguáq'' /hivatːáː taŋːuáχ/; ''qivattúq'' is from {{recon|sebʰ-}} 'reflexive' + {{recon|-ntós}} 'Caland adjective suffix', thus 'of [our] own') is an isolated branch within the Indo-European language family, inspired by Greenlandic, Old Persian and Proto-Celtic. | '''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (''Qivattutannguáq'' /hivatːutaŋːuáχ/ or ''Qivattáa tannguáq'' /hivatːáː taŋːuáχ/; ''qivattúq'' is from {{recon|sebʰ-}} 'reflexive' + {{recon|-ntós}} 'Caland adjective suffix', thus 'of [our] own') is an isolated branch within the Indo-European language family, inspired by Greenlandic, Old Persian and Proto-Celtic. | ||
Ancient Hivatish was a classical satem IE language with a grammar very similar to today's Balto-Slavic languages and had a significant corpus of druidic lore. This continued through the Middle Hivatish period where the language underwent considerable simplification, along the lines of Bulgarian or Persian or Welsh, and an influx of words from Inuit, Romance and [Azalic] languages. Modern Hivatish is very similar to Middle Hivatish but underwent a spelling reform due to the sometimes idiosyncratic and irregular ways in which non-Romance vocabulary in Hivatish was transcribed in the Roman alphabet. | |||
In pre-modern times it was divided into two registers, the high register Qunngartutannguáq ("perfected language") and the Estonian-like vernacular Prisinitutannguáq ("natural language"). Qunngartutannguáq is still used as a source of loans in modern British Isle languages such as [[Hivatish/Modern|Modern Hivatish]]. | In pre-modern times it was divided into two registers, the high register Qunngartutannguáq ("perfected language") and the Estonian-like vernacular Prisinitutannguáq ("natural language"). Qunngartutannguáq is still used as a source of loans in modern British Isle languages such as [[Hivatish/Modern|Modern Hivatish]]. | ||