Ancient Tevvic

Tevvotanva
ťēvvó tâṇva
Pronunciation	[cɛːʋ.ˈʋɔ ˈtɑː.ɳʋə]
Created by	Melinoë
Date	May, 2026
Native to	Uttarakhand
Ethnicity	Tevvics
Language family	Indo-European ? Tevvic Tevvotanva
Early form	Proto-?
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	India

Development

• /x/ > /h/
• /r/ > /ɹ~ɻ/
• /ɣ/ > /j, w, g/ depending on environment.
• /VjV/ > /V:/
• unstressed /i, u, ɑ/ > /ə/, leaving /ʲ, ʷ/ on following consonant, with the last turning consonants retroflex
  • this palatal/labialization often affects the vowel and is then dropped
• /ə/ lost where new clusters are easy
• diphthongs simplify
• coda nasals to nasalization where possible
• word final /s/ > /h/
• word final /Vh{ʲ,ʷ}/ > /V{ʲ,ʷ}/
• /wu/ > /u/
• nasal vowels break to /AV/, thus /ɛN/ > /jɛ/
• overlong vowels to plain long
• /w, v/ > /ʋ/, /hw/ > /ʋ̥/
• /{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

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

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? (lit. "what name have you?")
	my name is... (lit. "I have the name...")
	how are you?
	I am [adj], and you?
	where are you from?
	I am from...

Numerals

1	[Term?]
2	[Term?]
3	[Term?]
4	[Term?]
5	[Term?]
6	[Term?]
7	[Term?]
8	[Term?]
9	[Term?]
10	[Term?]
11	[Term?]
12	[Term?]

Colors

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

lōyžáh, flêkah	fíumah, frúṇah, małgáh, áskāṭah	sóṭah
rōdáh	túsṇah; aṇáh	fleváh
hroníh	ṣaḷgóh	nîla
áhmāṭah	hāzóh	métšaka
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

• This page in Scots Norse
• Scots Norse dictionary