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!rowspan="2"|Non-sibilant | !rowspan="2"|Non-sibilant | ||
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| '''f | | '''f''' /f/ | ||
| ''' | | '''þ''' /θ/ | ||
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| ''' | | '''ç''' /x/ || '''h''' /h/ | ||
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!<small>voiced</small> | !<small>voiced</small> | ||
| ''' | | '''v''' /v/ | ||
| ''' | | '''ð''' /ð/ | ||
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| ''' | | '''3''' /ɣ/ || | ||
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!colspan="2"|Sibilant | !colspan="2"|Sibilant | ||
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| '''s''' /s̻/, '''z''' /s̺/ | | '''s''' /s̻/, '''z''' /s̺/ | ||
| '''x''' / | | '''x''' /ʃ/ || | ||
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| '''tx''' / | | '''tx''' /tʃ/ | ||
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'''l''' and '''ll''' were nasalized. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Revision as of 15:15, 3 March 2019
Middle Skellan is the direct descendant of Tigol that was spoken in Skella. It had become Early Modern Skellan around fT 1150.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/Alveolar | Lateral | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | fortis | mm /M/ | nn /N/ | ŋŋ /Ŋ/ | ||
| lenis | m /m/ | n /n/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | |||
| Plosive | fortis | p /p/ | t /t/ | c /k/ | ||
| lenis | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | |||
| Non-sibilant | unvoiced | f /f/ | þ /θ/ | ç /x/ | h /h/ | |
| voiced | v /v/ | ð /ð/ | 3 /ɣ/ | |||
| Sibilant | s /s̻/, z /s̺/ | x /ʃ/ | ||||
| Affricate | ts /ts/ | tx /tʃ/ | ||||
| Resonant | fortis | rr /R/ | ll /L/ | |||
| lenis | r /r/ | l /l/ | ||||
l and ll were nasalized.
Vowels
a á e é i í y o ó ö ő u ú ü ai ei eu iu oi ui ia ua
Morphology
Nouns
Verbs
Syntax
Topic-comment syntax
Predicates
- Að smøøh bo sbenopats, twm øráð bo [toxrorégin] syrŋ a go þarcǿma ŋe.
- SG world COL dinosaur NEG only COL evolve-PASS.PART new DET PST.IPFV inhabit it
- The world of the dinosaurs was not solely occupied by the newly-evolved. [The world of the dinosaurs, not only the newly evolved inhabited it.]
In some tenses (progressive, perfect) the particle fa can be used after the a when fronting.
- Dy iant a duvwŋ.
- The teacher is sleeping.
- Duvwŋ a (fa) dy iant.
- It's the teacher who is sleeping.
Contrasting
Contrastive "partial clauses" borrow the syntax used in focused clauses.
- Sani dy ell ee Maið, ah twm Hmorill.
- Sani loves Maið, but Hmorill does not [love him].
- Sani dy ell ee Maið, ah twm ym Gelli.
- Sani loves Maið, but she does not love Gelli.