Scellan/Accents: Difference between revisions

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*The consonant ''ç'' /ç/ was /x/.

*In written diphthongs, the ''second'' element was longer unlike in most modern accents, i.e. ''ai wi aw ew iw ia ua wa'' = [ɐiˑ uiˑ ɐuˑ euˑ iuˑ iɜˑ yɜˑ uɜˑ]. Thus, for example, ''ai'' /ai/ [ɐiˑ] and ''aj'' /aj/ [aj] were phonemically distinct.

==Eetøøm==

Stereotypes (while it was current): cultured, highbrow intellectuals, upper class

The ''Eetøøm'' accent (an older word for 'standard') is an obsolete accent. It was similar to the Transatlantic accent, in that it was an artificial compromise between Fyxoomian and Skellan standard accents. It is the closest thing to a "posh" accent in the Skellan-speaking world; it was largely codified by one man, Llam Saiŋ, as a standard for international eloquent Skellan and was learnt by upper-class people and actors in Fyxoom and Skella but fell out of use in the Populist era. Today it survives in classical singing and for elevated sci-fi, historical fiction or fantasy characters in fiction such as gods, kings or superintelligent beings.

The accent fully distinguished orthographic ''ŋ'' and ''l'' (/l/ pronounced as velarized non-vocalized L), a distinction that fell out of use in the 1100s. Saiŋ considered nasal and pharyngealized vowels to be ugly features.

Monophthongs are long in open syllables and short in closed syllables as in Fyxoomian Skellan.

/œ y/ = [œ y] as in Eetøøm

/ai ui au ɛu iu ɛɪ œy ɔu iə yə uə/ = [ai ui au eu iu ɛɪ ɞʉ ɔu iə yə uə] as in Fyxoomian

/χ ʟ ŋ/ = [ɬʶ lʶ ŋ] consistently

Unstressed ''a'' /ə/ and ''y'' /ɨ/ are distinct

==Non-native accents==

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 *The consonant ''ç'' /ç/ was /x/.
 *In written diphthongs, the ''second'' element was longer unlike in most modern accents, i.e. ''ai wi aw ew iw ia ua wa'' = [ɐiˑ uiˑ ɐuˑ euˑ iuˑ iɜˑ yɜˑ uɜˑ]. Thus, for example, ''ai'' /ai/ [ɐiˑ] and ''aj'' /aj/ [aj] were phonemically distinct.
+==Eetøøm==
+Stereotypes (while it was current): cultured, highbrow intellectuals, upper class
+The ''Eetøøm'' accent (an older word for 'standard') is an obsolete accent. It was similar to the Transatlantic accent, in that it was an artificial compromise between Fyxoomian and Skellan standard accents. It is the closest thing to a "posh" accent in the Skellan-speaking world; it was largely codified by one man, Llam Saiŋ, as a standard for international eloquent Skellan and was learnt by upper-class people and actors in Fyxoom and Skella but fell out of use in the Populist era. Today it survives in classical singing and for elevated sci-fi, historical fiction or fantasy characters in fiction such as gods, kings or superintelligent beings.
+The accent fully distinguished orthographic ''ŋ'' and ''l'' (/l/ pronounced as velarized non-vocalized L), a distinction that fell out of use in the 1100s. Saiŋ considered nasal and pharyngealized vowels to be ugly features.
+Monophthongs are long in open syllables and short in closed syllables as in Fyxoomian Skellan.
+/œ y/ = [œ y] as in Eetøøm
+/ai ui au ɛu iu ɛɪ œy ɔu iə yə uə/ = [ai ui au eu iu ɛɪ ɞʉ ɔu iə yə uə] as in Fyxoomian
+/χ ʟ ŋ/ = [ɬʶ lʶ ŋ] consistently
+Unstressed ''a'' /ə/ and ''y'' /ɨ/ are distinct
 ==Non-native accents==