Samatkhaoul
Republic of Samatkhaoul (Old Ibsa) ⲙ̀ⲙⲓ̄ϭⲓ̄ⲥⲓⲡ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲙⲁⲧⲥⲉ ⲭⲁ̄ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲗ əmMīčhīsip ənShamatse Khāwūl | |
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Motto: ⲫⲛ̀ⲛⲓ̄ϩ ⲓⲥⲣⲁⲣ
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| Capital | Ottex |
| Official languages | Old Ibsa (official) Ibsa (de facto vernacular) |
| Government | Unitary one-party state under a totalitarian dictatorship |
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Samatkhaoul (Old Ibsa: ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲙⲁⲧ ⲭⲁ̄ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲗ [ənʃamat kʰaːwuːl], Ibsa: ⲛ̀ϣⲙⲱⲧⲭⲱⲟⲩ [n̩ʃmoːtkʰoːw]), less commonly as Teveth (Ibsa: ⲛ̀ⲧⲏⲃⲉⲑ [n̩teːvetʰ]), officially the Republic of Samatkhaoul, is a country located in Central Yazland.
Samatkhaoul is the direct modern descendant of the Tevethi civilization, which had mostly controlled the fertile riverbanks of the Samatkhaoul River since antiquity. The city-state Ottex had managed to unify the Samatkhaoul River Delta around 1800 BCE, establishing the First Imdj of Teveth and setting the precedent for the Amdjal system. Successful amdjal slowly secured territories further upstream.
Etymology
The name Samatkhaoul comes from the Old Ibsa term ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲙⲁⲧ ⲭⲁⲁⲟⲩⲟⲩⲗ ən-śamat khāwūl, meaning 'the fertile river', referring to the Samatkhaoul River that flows through the nation. Historically, Samatkhaoul is also referred to Teveth, deriving from the Old Ibsa term Ⲧⲏⲃⲉⲑ Tēveth meaning 'the place of black fertile soil'.
Today, Teveth is only used historically or in relation to the Tevethi ethnicity, which makes up 67% of Samatkhaoul's population. It is also used in the context of Tevethi culture and the Ibsa language.