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The beginning of the modern Skellan language, dated to ca. fT 1792, is often credited to the Skellan philosopher and poet Oovsari Vyhalv. The name ''Eevo'' refers to the fact that it had its origins as a Skellan koiné. Modern Skellan has been a living language for about 500 years, approximately fT 1792-2292. Typologically, Skellan is a mostly analytic, topic-prominent, head-initial, usually V2 language. | The beginning of the modern Skellan language, dated to ca. fT 1792, is often credited to the Skellan philosopher and poet Oovsari Vyhalv. The name ''Eevo'' refers to the fact that it had its origins as a Skellan koiné. Modern Skellan has been a living language for about 500 years, approximately fT 1792-2292. Typologically, Skellan is a mostly analytic, topic-prominent, head-initial, usually V2 language. | ||
Skellan is official in the Talman nation of [[Verse:Tricin/Skella|Skella]] (''Sgewla'') /ˈskɛ̃ʟə/ ''SKELL- | Skellan is official in the Talman nation of [[Verse:Tricin/Skella|Skella]] (''Sgewla'') /ˈskɛ̃ʟə/ ''SKELL-ə''. It is also de facto official in [[Verse:Tricin/Fyxoom|Fyxoom]] /fəˈʃɔʊm/ ''fə-SHOME'', [[Verse:Tricin/Þrwhas|Þrwhas]] /ˈθɾuhəs/ ''THROO-həs'', and many other countries. In real life, it is one of the official languages of the Facebook group The Pitcairns, Also Bhutan, And Also Possibly Tannara Mòr. | ||
Skellan is inspired by Icelandic, Welsh, Hmong (orthography-wise), English (especially Philadelphian English), Khmer, and Gaelic. | Skellan is inspired by Icelandic, Welsh, Hmong (orthography-wise), English (especially Philadelphian English), Khmer, and Gaelic. | ||