Scellan/Middle
< Scellan
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, ph /f/ | th /θ/ | ch /x/ | sh, h /h/ | |
| voiced | bh /v/ | dh /ð/ | gh /ɣ/ | |||
| Sibilant | s /s̻/, z /s̺/ | x /ɬ/ | ||||
| Affricate | ts /ts/ | tx /tɬ/ | ||||
| Resonant | fortis | rr /R/ | ll /L/ | |||
| lenis | r /r/ | l /l/ | ||||
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
Predicate-first syntax
Predicates
Eevo has no copula. Instead, the "predicate" or the focused constituent is fronted:
e.g. Dy eell naw ee. = I love her; Ee a (fa) dy eell ren. = It's her that I love
When fronting of a noun occurs, the remaining verb phrase becomes a noun phrase, thus a determiner must be used.
- Twm øráð syrŋ bo [toxrorégin] a go þarcǿma að smøøh bo sbenopats.
- NEG only new COL evolve-PASS.PART DET PST.IPFV inhabit SG world COL dinosaur
- The world of the dinosaurs was not solely occupied by the newly-evolved.
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.
- Dy ell Sani Maið, ah twm a ry Hmorill.
- Sani loves Maið, but Hmorill does not [love him].
- Dy ell Sani Maið, ah twm Gelli.
- Sani loves Maið, but she does not love Gelli.