Scellan/Middle

Middle Skellan is the direct descendant of Tigol that was spoken in Skella. It had become Early Modern Skellan around fT 1150. There are many different dialects of Middle Skellan.

Many works of literature survive in Middle Skellan.

Phonology

The following describes Alcvean Middle Skellan

Consonants

The Skellan spirantization had taken place: the Tigol lenited (voiced) stops ḃ ṗ ḋ ṫ ġ ċ /b bʰ d dʰ g gʰ/ had shifted to /v f ð θ ɣ x/. Compare Anbiric (Anbirese and Ciètian), which experienced a different consonant shift.

		Labial	Dental/Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	fortis	mm /M/	nn /N/		ññ /Ŋ/
	lenis	m /m/	n /n/		ñ /ŋ/
Plosive	aspirated	p /pʰ/	t /tʰ/		c /kʰ/
	plain	b /p/	d /t/		g /k/
Spirant	unvoiced	f /f/	þ /θ/		ç /x/
	voiced	v /v/	ð /ð/		ȝ /ɣ/
Sibilant			s /s̻/, z /s̺/	x /ʃ/		h /h/
Affricate			ts /ts/	tx /tʃ/
Resonant	fortis		rr /R/, ll /L̃/
	lenis		r /r/, l /l̃/

Vowels

Middle Skellan had an asymmetric vowel system. Vowel length, inherited from Tigol, was in the process of being replaced with vowel quality (cf. American English).

Scellan/Middle vowels

	Front				Central		Back
	unrounded		rounded		unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded
	short	long	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /ɪ/	í /i(ː)/	ü /ʏ/		y /ɨ/	ú /ʉ(ː)/	u /ʊ/
Mid	e /ɛ/	é /e(ː)/	ö /œ/				o /ɔ/	ó /o(ː)/
Open					a /a/			á /ɒ(ː)/

Diphthongs: ai aü ei eu iu oe ui ia ua = /ai ay ei eu iu oe ui iə üə/

Syntax

Tíogall grammar, minus the split-ergativity.