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Dr. Charlotte Krause : Her Life & Literature
itaro kahi-nai Vrahmā-ji amtara- itaro kani-nai Vrimhā-ji antaradhyāṁna huvā 182
dhyā huvā| Umdālaka-jī pāchā āyā 183 Udalaka āpa-rai āścrama āyo|
As these two texts show, their linguistic character is nearly identical. Thus, the grammatical peculiarities of p. 4 foll. are found in Te too. But besides the accusative in -nai, there occurs ( and far more frequently ) one in '-nā' which is characteristic of western Mārawādi and of Thālī of Jaisalmer (cp. L.S., p. 110 and St. W. No. 103 ), and one in '-nu'. Moreover, a genitive in ko, -ki appears besides that in -ro, -ri, as in modern Mārawādi, and the old form nâu has been replaced by the modern ‘āvā nahi'.
As to syntax, there are no differences, except that the verbs of speaking and asking are sometimes construed with the ablative case in the Hindi-manner.
Phonology in most cases agrees with Si. Wherever there are differences, Te shows a closer relationship to modern Mārawādī. I here quote some of the statements of Tessitori's on p. (5): "I dittonghi ai, au hanno un'applicazione larghissima. Non solo sostituiscono e, o come in : lai( per le), daiyai ( per devai); sau ( per so), tikau ( per tiko); ma perfino a, i, come in : saiha ( per saha), mainașa (per manusa ), saihaisa ( per sahasa ), kahai-nai (per kaha-nai ), raihaiti ( per rahati); vaiņai ( per vişai), paitā ( per pitā). Spesso ai diventi i, es.: chi( per chai), mi( per mai), ri ( per rai), pāvi (per pavai ). Frequentissime sono gli scambi di ......, c, ch es, come in : ichadi (per isari), dilāchā (per dilāsã), vaṁca (per vamsa), cū (per sü), sadhiyo ( per cadhiyo), pasai (per pachai), si ( per chi = chai); der, come in : isado ( per isaro ), nagadi (per nagari), parai ( per padai)”. A spelling like 'cena, peli, vrama, rașesara' seems likewise to point to a stage of development posterior to our #ta, toit, de,
रषेस्वर.
Thus, the linguistic character of Te is completely in agreement with the younger age of the manuscript, which, according to Tessitori, is dated samvat 1857.
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