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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 aspirated p /pʰ/ t /tʰ/ c /kʰ/
plain b /p/ d /t/ g /k/
Non-sibilant unvoiced f /f/ þ /θ/ ç /x/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ ð /ð/ ȝ /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.