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).
| 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/
Morphology
Nouns
Verbs
Syntax
Tíogall grammar, minus the split-ergativity.