Scellan/Accents: Difference between revisions
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==Early Modern Skellan== | ==Early Modern Skellan== | ||
*The liquid ''l'' was always pronounced [lˠ]. Likewise, ''ll'' was [ɬˠ]. | *The liquid ''l'' was always pronounced [lˠ]. Likewise, ''ll'' was [ɬˠ]. | ||
*The nasal ''ŋ'' was always pronounced [ŋ]. | |||
*The letter ''y'' was pronounced /ɨ/. | *The letter ''y'' was pronounced /ɨ/. | ||
*The vowel ''a'' was never reduced, and was always pronounced [a~ɐ]. | *The vowel ''a'' was never reduced, and was always pronounced [a~ɐ]. | ||
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*The consonant ''ç'' /ç/ was /x/. | *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. | *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== | ==Eetøøm== | ||
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 ''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. | ||