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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
===Background=== | |||
Thulean (endonym: Migkatsi) is spoken by the Selhar people of Thule (endonym: Telku) an island in the North Atlantic, west of Scotland and north of Ireland. The Selhar are a nation of thurses (AKA European pygmies) noted for their neoteny, androgyny and distinctive striped epidermises. Thulean has approximately 30 million native speakers. The language is agglutinative and polysynthetic with a split intransitive fluid-S morphosyntax. It is a language isolate and has not been proven to be related to any other languages even those of other thurse groups on the European mainland. | Thulean (endonym: Migkatsi) is spoken by the Selhar people of Thule (endonym: Telku) an island in the North Atlantic, west of Scotland and north of Ireland. The Selhar are a nation of thurses (AKA European pygmies) noted for their neoteny, androgyny and distinctive striped epidermises. Thulean has approximately 30 million native speakers. The language is agglutinative and polysynthetic with a split intransitive fluid-S morphosyntax. It is a language isolate and has not been proven to be related to any other languages even those of other thurse groups on the European mainland. | ||
===Influences=== | |||
The phonology was inspired by Finnish and Quenya phonaesthetics. The morphology was heavily influenced by Yupik and Inuktitut. | |||
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