Scellan
Scellan-English lexicon
Swadesh list
Scellan | |
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bris Eevo | |
Pronunciation | [[Help:IPA|bris ɛivɔ]] |
Created by | IlL |
Setting | Verse:Tricin |
Extinct | 220 v.T. |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | qth |
Scellan is the dominant modern Talmic language; it descends from Old Eevo. It's inspired by Icelandic, Welsh and Hmong.
Todo
- in reócht > rewtt /rɛwht/
- in már > mawr /mawl/ "tree"
- á > aw
- ae > ai
- ai > e
- aei, ái > ee
- e > y /ə/
- éi > oi > ua
- ó > oo
- u > w
- ú > u /y/
- bris = language (Netagin)
- jawþ = throat; (literary) language
- oos = even
- sos = man
- cavra = woman
- tytt = child
- car = person
- søøv = dog
- ciav = 1
- teþ = 2
- nee = 3
- doov = 4
- søl = 5
- stawv = 6
- rui = 7
- luað = 8
- berv = 9
- uar = 10
- echi = 11
- cnai = 12
- Old Eevo prefixes remain productive.
Background
- See also: Proto-Talmic.
Phonology
Consonants
m n ŋ pm tn kŋ m̥ n̥ ŋ̊ (m n ŋ mm nn ŋŋ hm hn hŋ)
ʁ r~l χ r̥~ɬ (l r ll rr)
ph th kh (p t c)
hp ht hk (pp tt cc)
p t k (b d g)
f θ s x h (f þ s ch h)
v ð z j (v ð z j)
Vowels
/a ɛ i ɔ u œ y ə ai au eu iu ei øy ou iə uə ui/
a e i o w ø u y ai aw ew iw ee øø oo ia wa wi
Allowed unstressed vowels: a e i o
Diaereses (ä ë ï ö ø̈ ẅ) can be used on stressed vowels to distinguish them from diphthongs.
Intonation
Eevo has a distinctive intonation paradigm. Within said paradigm, some accents can sound like Irish accents, while some accents sound more like Valspeak.
- In declarative sentences, the stressed syllable of the focus word (if there is no focused constituent, the last word) has a lower pitch than the immediately preceding syllable. ("...mid ꜜ LOW mid...") This originates from discursive uptalk in older forms of Tíogall, which has since generalized to all declarative sentences. A few accents, such as Tumacan accents, do not use this pattern.
- In interrogative sentences, the stressed syllable of the focus word has a higher pitch than the syllable immediately before. ("... mid ꜛ HIGH mid ... ?")
- In exclamations, the pattern is "... mid ꜜ LOW-HIGH mid ... !", possibly with a gradual drop to low pitch in the end. Angry or indignant questions also use an exclamatory intonation.
Orthography
Morphology
Eevo morphology tends to be simpler than most other Talmic languages; it has no split-ergativity, no grammatical gender and no mutation.
Nouns
The plural suffix is -e (< Old Eevo -ae) for nouns ending in consonants and -r for nouns ending in vowels.
- bris "language" > brise "languages"
- cavra "woman" > cavrar "women"
Pronouns
- naw = I
- fiar = you
- ha = he
- hi = she
- he = it
- cawv = we (exc.)
- gwad = we (inc.)
- swad = youse
- hawr = they
Adjectives
Adjectives do not inflect at all.
Copula
Eevo has no copula. Instead, the "predicate" or the focused constituent is fronted.
D'iant ci duvwŋ. = The teacher is sleeping.
Verbs
Present
The present uses the unmarked form of the verb followed by the subject: Ex. Mol naw ci duvwŋ means "I thank the teacher".
Progressive
The particle dy is used before the verb.
Past
Preterite: Go iant naw. = I slept.
Perfect: Yv iant naw. = I have slept.
Future
The future tense is derived from the Old Eevo future tense.
- mol "thank" > molta
- iant "sleep" > ianta
Syntax
Eevo is head-initial (with exceptions in poetry). It usually uses VSO word order; the focused constituent is fronted.
Noun phrase
ci and to are used as determiners before the noun. The "unspecified"/"irrealis" determiner to is used when asking question or in negative statements.