Scellan
Scellan-English lexicon
Swadesh list
| Scellan | |
|---|---|
| bris Eivo | |
| 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 Eivo. 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 > ei
- éi > oi > ua
- ó > ow
- u > w
- ú > u /y/
- bris = language (Netagin)
- jawþ = throat, language
- ows = if
- sos = man
- søuv = dog
- Old Eivo prefixes remain productive.
Background
- See also: Proto-Talmic.
Phonology
Consonants
m n ŋ pm tn kŋ (m n ŋ mm nn ŋŋ hm hn hŋ)
ʟ r~l χ r̥~ɬ (l r ll rr)
ph th kh (p t c)
hp ht hk (pp tt cc)
f θ s x h (f þ s ch h)
p t k (b d g)
v ð z j (v ð z j)
Vowels
/a ɛ i ɔ u œ y ə ai ei øy au eu iu ou iə uə ui/
a e i o w ø u y ai ei øu aw ew iw ow ia wa wi
Orthography
Morphology
- Main article: Thensarian/Morphology
Morphology
Eivo has no grammatical gender and no mutation.
Pronouns
- naw = I
- fiar = you
- hav = he
- hi = she
- ce = it
- cawv = we (exc.)
- gwad = we (inc.)
- swad = youse
- hawr = they
Adjectives
Adjectives do not inflect at all.
Copula
Eivo 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
The past tense is marked by the particle go or g' which is used before the verb. This comes from a construction that translates to "it was the case that ...", which was used in pre-modern Bhadhagha.
Future
The future tense is derived from the Old Bhadhagha future tense:
moltana, molter, molta, moltaner, moltad, moltar, moltaav
Syntax
Eivo 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.