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'''Scellan''' ''SKEL-ən'' (natively ''Sgewlib'' {{small|Fyxoomian:}} /ˈskœ̃ˁʟip/; {{small|Scellan (Alcvean):}} /ˈskɛːʟip/, [[Windermere]]: ''brits Scela''), in-universe often called '''Eevo''' ''AY-voh'' ({{small|Fyxoomian:}} /ˈaivɔ/; {{small|Scellan (Alcvean):}} /ˈevɔ/;  from [[Tigol]] ''é-'' 'common' + ''bó'' 'language'), is a [[Talmic language]] belonging to the Tigolic branch. Scellan is modern [[Verse:Tricin|Tricin]]'s lingua franca, the third-most widely spoken language (after [[Hetomic]] and [[Clofabosin]]) and the most widely spoken Quame language. Its vocabulary has been influenced by many languages, most of all by [[Lakovic]] classical languages [[Windermere]] and [[Tseer]]. Typologically, Scellan is a mostly analytic, topic-prominent, head-initial, usually V2 language.

Scellan is official in the [[Talma]]n nation of [[Verse:Tricin/Scella|Scella]] (''Sgewla'') ''SKEL-ə''. It is also de facto official in [[Verse:Tricin/Fyxoom|Fyxoom]] ''fə-SHOME'', [[Verse:Tricin/Þrwhas|Þrwhas]] ''THROO-həs'', and many other countries.

Scellan is inspired by Icelandic, Welsh, Hmong (orthography-wise; the word for 'people, folk' is ''hmoob'', in fact), English (especially Philadelphian and Scottish English), Khmer, and Gaelic.

**No, but use llt > lt and make ''-l'' more common in Windermere

*Old Scellan mutations were lost under the influence of Windermere.

*Smoothing of certain consonant clusters (e.g. -mn > -m, sñl- > sml-)

| '''n''' /n/

| '''d''' /t/

| '''t''' /tʰ/

|rowspan="2"|'''ts''' /ts/

*If not word-final, the unaspirated plosives /p t k/ are most likely to be fully voiced in the clusters /mp nt ŋk/, then after vowels, and never voiced after obstruents.

Stress is not marked in the native orthography. Talmic words usually have initial stress, but prefixed verbs are usually not stressed on the prefix. Windermere loans have final stress.

**Cl: bl, vl, fl, dl, ðl, tl, þl, gl, cl, ml, sl, sgl, sml, hml

**Cr: br, vr, fr, dr, ðr, tr, þr, gr, cr, mr, ñr, sr, sgr, smr, hmr

**sC: sb, sd, sg, sm, sn, sñ, sgl, sgr, sml, smr

**hC: hm, hn, hñ, hml, hmr

Scellan is written in the version of the Talmic alphabet, which is related to the Talman Windermere script. The Scellan alphabet has 30 letters.

|''-an''||''-ir''||''-ab''||''-e''||''-0''||''-em''||''-ad''||''-ag''||''-að''||''-ag''||''-av''

Example: ''Tynd iant naw sdawb pug.'' = I have slept for 6 [Trician] hours. (sdawb pug = 6 hours continuously?)

|''naw, no''||''iar, ir, 'r''||''ob, o''||''ee''||''ñe, e''||''awb''||''gwad''||''swad''||''awr''||''car''

|''nawña''||''iarña''||''obña''||''eeña''||''ñeña''||''awbña''||''gwadña''||''swadña''||''awrña''||''-''

|''cy''||''ho''||''ið''||''ih''||''ið''||''oo''||''of''||''os''||''id''

|''llyn''||''lles''||''lleb''||''llee''||''llyñ''||''llib''||''lleg''||''lled''||''ller''||''lly çar''

|''llynña''||''llesña''||''llebña''||''lleeña''||''llyña''||''llibña''||''llegña''||''lledña''||''llerña''||''-''

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A few adjectives have suppletive comparative and superlative forms:

*''slawb'' 'good': ''cølly'' 'better', ''cøllws'' 'best'

*''dum'' 'far': ''ytñí'' 'farther', ''ytñít'' or ''snuab ytñí'' 'farthest' (from [[Windermere/Classical|Classical Windermere]] ''ătngi'' 'having surpassed, farther')

Scellan's basic vocabulary is largely Talmic. However, a large portion of Scellan vocabulary (comparable to English) is borrowed, for example from [[Windermere]], [[Tseer]], or other languages (especially [[Naquian]], [[Swuntsim]], [[Ciètian]], [[Anbirese]],  [[Häskä]], [[Netagin]]). This gives Scellan a rich array of synonyms.

* Classical and Middle Windermere loans

Direct reborrowings from Tigol are restricted to religion; it is much more common to cognatize Tigol or other Talmic languages.

| ''-wñ'' (agentive)<br/>''-os'' (instrument)<br/>''-ið'' (diminutive)<br/>''-óm'' (augmentative; Tseer)<br/>''-emb'' (female suffix)<br/>''ni-'' (non-)<br/>''ir-'' (un-)<br/>''bah-'' (sub-)<br/>''ñal-'' 'before'<br/>''tynd-'' 'after'<br/>''-arn'' (collective)

*''-ló'' is a Windermere augmentative suffix.

*''nw-'' is a Windermere agentive suffix.

*''-ad'' is a common noun suffix, from Thensarian ''-sdos''.

*''peñ-'' = 'X-to-be'; from Windermere future tense particle ''peng''

*''jy-'' (''jyn-'' before C) is a [[Windermere]] adjectival suffix.

*''-wid'' = from Tigol ''-óid'' via Windermere ''-oyd''

Juah gyl Snawhasewl,

Asgyrr awb, smogin nai sdu,

:SALEM: ''Am – sñøøin ab gyl a Si – jo cleðn, øøvr, as esginað ñadl ab.''

:SALEM: ''Ah ab dy smøøh erlóhyn a jo sñøøin reb.''

:SALEM: ''Jo sñawrand min pirúaf, as dewhyn jo vriþ a maslan lly fwltáwm a hylhyþús ñai ryb Am llyð errah.''

:SALEM: ''Ñyv im simynd na nwfiþlóñ red, im dyfían plesit llia smøøh red ñi maint red, ah im broos fiah... dy lleed twm sobt swad a huv.''

:''Bo am sñøø awr rygéen as þur nai hyltsybás as zin. Awr lawr fyójin nai hylynbyþín as bintoçẃr, ceeda beð rer a tynsé hið velc dy heeb eeðagu.''

:''Depanjẃn, ry givolín pnaþafol tamyr tlaméni e, að øømt riav hreem.''

:''Twm øør bo bintxynóv tamẃx depanjẃn hnoh, as gøørws ñi bannẃts lly bisçǿð as efataþol að txynób car e.''

:''Bo slawb es dy bo hñyl mawr savísi, bo fehd øølyb, as bo jysn hwrðon a derþál ñe?''

:<small>Fyxoomian:</small> [pɔ sχaup əs tə bɔ ŋɔ̃ˁ mauɾ səˈvisi, pɔ fɛht œ̃ˁʁ̃əp, əs pɔ ˈjəsən ˈhuːɾəðɔn ə tɛɾˈθãˁ ŋɛ]

:<small>Scellan (Alcve):</small> [pɔ sχɑup əs tə bɔ ŋ̊ɔ mɑuɾ səˈvɪsɪ, pɔ fɛht ˈoːʁəp, əs pɔ ˈjəsən ˈhuɾəðɔn ə tɛɾˈθɑː ŋɛ]

:COL good Q in DET.COL trunk tree towering, DET.COL lake heaven and DET.COL mountain craggy DET reside 3PL

:''Ia, dy lwm hiar res a sdeevi ryñ.''

:<small>Fyxoomian:</small> [iə, tə ʁ̃uːm hiəɾ ɾɛs ə ˈstɛɪvi ɾɔ̃ˁ]

:<small>Scellan (Alcve):</small> [iː, tə ʁum hiːɾ ɾɛs ə ˈstevɪ ɾɔ]

:nay in interior 2SG GEN.2SG DET dwell GEN.it

Rhyming poetry is often said to be from [[Windermere/Classical|Windermere]] and [[Tseer/Classical|Tseer]] influence, as poetry in these languages tend to use rhyme. This supplanted ___ used in Tigol poetry. Eevo uses stress-accentual meters like trochaic/iambic/dactylic meters: the iambic pentameter is common as in English.

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