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| states = Skyland | | states = Skyland | ||
| speakers = 1.5 million | | speakers = 1.5 million | ||
| date = | | date = 1600 | ||
| speakers2 = 200,000 L2 | | speakers2 = 200,000 L2 | ||
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The floating island's first inhabitants were ancient West Germanic mages who had stumbled upon the island using their flight magic. A couple of centuries later, the Old French mages also decided to explore and live on the island. From the mingling of the two communities, a new dialect of West Germanic was born which, over time, developed into a language of its own now known as Modern Skylandic. | The floating island's first inhabitants were ancient West Germanic mages who had stumbled upon the island using their flight magic. A couple of centuries later, the Old French mages also decided to explore and live on the island. From the mingling of the two communities, a new dialect of West Germanic was born which, over time, developed into a language of its own now known as Modern Skylandic. | ||
==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
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=== Phonotactics === | === Phonotactics === | ||
Unfortunately, according to the conlanger, he didn't actually | Unfortunately, according to the conlanger, he didn't actually lay out any phonotactic rules for the language. All he just said that the Skylandic might actually have an almost identical phonotactic rules as French. | ||
== Orthography == | == Orthography == | ||
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The INTR case is the dictionary form of the nouns. It is used in marking the lone argument (subject) of an intransitive verb. Lone nouns in books and plays are usually in this case. Even if the verb can be transitive, as long as no direct object is present in the sentence, the subject still declines in INTR case. Both the subject and the complement of a copular verb like "guesen" are also declined into INTR (or more like doesn't really decline).<br><br> | The INTR case is the dictionary form of the nouns. It is used in marking the lone argument (subject) of an intransitive verb. Lone nouns in books and plays are usually in this case. Even if the verb can be transitive, as long as no direct object is present in the sentence, the subject still declines in INTR case. Both the subject and the complement of a copular verb like "guesen" are also declined into INTR (or more like doesn't really decline).<br><br> | ||
'' | ''Soyons un Mann!''<br> | ||
be.IMP NDEF.INTR man<br> | be.IMP NDEF.INTR man<br> | ||
"Be a man!" | "Be a man!" | ||
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'''5.''' Some nouns are just plain irregular. | '''5.''' Some nouns are just plain irregular. | ||
[[File:Irreg sky noun.png|frameless|none]] | [[File:Irreg sky noun.png|frameless|none]] | ||
== Pronouns == | |||
=== <big> Personal Pronouns </big> === | |||
[[File:Pronouns.png|500px|frameless|none]] | |||
◆ NOTES: | |||
# The pronouns '''je''' and '''mich''' become clitics '''j'''' and '''m'''' before vowels. As for "tu", it only becomes a clitic '''t'''' before a word that starts with ⟨u⟩. | |||
# "'''Y'''" is pronounced [i] before consonants but [i.j‿] before vowels. | |||
=== <big> Relative Pronoun </big> === | |||
There are two types of relative pronouns in Skylandic. Namely, the '''anaphoric''' and '''non-anaphoric''' relative pronouns. | |||
''Anaphoric'' REL pronouns are used when an antecedent word or phrase is present in the sentence. The pronoun '''huich''' and its forms below are anaphoric. | |||
[[File:Relpron.png|500px|frameless|none]] | |||
=== <big> Interrogative Pronouns </big> === | |||
[[File:Questionpro.png|600px|frameless|none]] | |||
== Verbs == | == Verbs == | ||
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2. The strong verbs also use the same conjugation endings for PRES, PRESP, PRES.SJV, FUT, and IMP "tenses". | 2. The strong verbs also use the same conjugation endings for PRES, PRESP, PRES.SJV, FUT, and IMP "tenses". | ||
=== <big> Special Verbs </big> === | |||
The following are the sets of special verbs.<br><br> | |||
'''1. -enir Verbs'''<br> | |||
These are verbs that have the infinitive ending '''''-enir''''' preceded by a consonant, thus excluding the modal verb "muenir". These verbs are attested to have evolved from PGmc class 4 weak verbs — the ones that end in *-naną, though there are exceptions, like '''ouvenir''' below. Their conjugation scheme is as follows: | |||
[[File:-enir.png|frameless|none]] | |||
'''2. -ayen, -oyen & -uyen Verbs''' | |||
<br>The ELRT is still debating on whether to include this in the sets of Special Verbs or if they are just special cases of weak verbs. Because, while they conjugate like weak verbs, the ⟨y⟩ on their INF ending becomes when followed by a silent ⟨e⟩. Examples are '''dayen, reinoyen''' and '''luyen'''. | |||
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==Other resources== | ==Other resources== | ||
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[https://docs.google.com/document/d/13xbxCMxDudxK0kaxXPYLzeU8A8LJ_B8ti-OkWtUqIvw/edit?usp=drivesdk Skylandic Book] | |||
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