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===Grammatical history=== | ===Grammatical history=== | ||
Many of the most drastic | Many of the most drastic changes from Old Skellan are a result of rapid "creolization" as a result of second-language speakers learning the language. | ||
*[[Tigol]] nouns, verbs and adjectives were drastically simplified. Nouns and verbs no longer inflect for person; adjectives no longer agree with nouns. | *[[Tigol]] nouns, verbs and adjectives were drastically simplified. Nouns and verbs no longer inflect for person; adjectives no longer agree with nouns. | ||
*Loss of grammatical gender | *Loss of grammatical gender | ||
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*Old Skellan mutations were lost under the influence of Windermere. | *Old Skellan mutations were lost under the influence of Windermere. | ||
*Development of split ergativity. | *Development of split ergativity. | ||
*Smoothing of certain consonant clusters | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||