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'''Middle Skellan''' is the direct descendant of [[Tigol]] that was spoken in Skella. It had become Early Modern [[Skellan]] around fT 1150.
'''Middle Scellan''' is the direct descendant of [[Tigol]] that was spoken in Scella. It had become Early Modern [[Scellan]] around fT 1150. There are many different dialects of Middle Scellan.


Many works of literature survive in Middle Scellan.
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
The following describes Alcvean Middle Scellan
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
The '''Scellan 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.
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{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
!colspan="2"| !! Labial !! Dental/Alveolar !! Lateral !! Velar !! Glottal
!colspan="2"| !! Labial !! Dental/Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"|Nasal
!rowspan="2"|Nasal
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| '''nn''' /N/
| '''nn''' /N/
|  
|  
| '''ŋŋ''' /Ŋ/  
| '''ññ''' /Ŋ/  
|  
|  
|-
|-
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| '''n''' /n/
| '''n''' /n/
|  
|  
| '''ŋ''' /ŋ/  
| '''ñ''' /ŋ/  
|  
|  
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"|Plosive
!rowspan="2"|Plosive
!<small>fortis</small>
!<small>aspirated</small>
| '''p''' /p/
| '''p''' /pʰ/
| '''t''' /t/
| '''t''' /tʰ/
|  
|  
| '''c''' /k/ ||
| '''c''' /kʰ/ ||
|-
|-
!<small>lenis</small>
!<small>plain</small>
| '''b''' /b/
| '''b''' /p/
| '''d''' /d/
| '''d''' /t/
|  
|  
| '''g''' /g/ ||  
| '''g''' /k/ ||  
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"|Non-sibilant
!rowspan="2"|Spirant
!<small>unvoiced</small>
!<small>unvoiced</small>
| '''f, ph''' /f/  
| '''f''' /f/  
| '''th''' /θ/
| '''þ''' /θ/
|  
|  
| '''ch''' /x/ || '''sh, h''' /h/
| '''ç''' /x/ ||
|-
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
!<small>voiced</small>
| '''bh''' /v/
| '''v''' /v/
| '''dh''' /ð/  
| '''ð''' /ð/  
|  
|  
| '''gh''' /ɣ/ ||
| '''ȝ''' /ɣ/ ||
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Sibilant
!colspan="2"|Sibilant
|   
|   
| '''s''' /s̻/, '''z''' /s̺/
| '''s''' /s̻/, '''z''' /s̺/
| '''x''' /ɬ/ ||  
| '''x''' /ʃ/ ||  
|  
| '''h''' /h/
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Affricate
!colspan="2"|Affricate
|  
|  
| '''ts''' /ts/  
| '''ts''' /ts/  
| '''tx''' /tɬ/
| '''tx''' /tʃ/
| ||  
| ||  
|-
|-
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!<small>fortis</small>
!<small>fortis</small>
|   
|   
| '''rr''' /R/  
| '''rr''' /R/,  '''ll''' /L̃/  
| '''ll''' /L/ ||  
| ||  
|  
|  
|-
|-
!<small>lenis</small>
!<small>lenis</small>
|  
|  
| '''r''' /r/ || '''l''' /l/  
| '''r''' /r/, '''l''' /l̃/ ||
|  ||
|  ||
|}
|}


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
a á e é i í y o ó ö ő u ú ü ai ei eu iu oi ui ia ua
Middle Scellan had an asymmetric vowel system. Vowel length, inherited from Tigol, was in the process of being replaced with vowel quality (cf. American English).
 
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|+ '''{{PAGENAME}} vowels'''
|-
! rowspan="3" |
! colspan="4" |Front
! colspan="2" |Central
! colspan="3" |Back
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |<small>unrounded</small>
! colspan="2" style="" |<small>rounded</small>
! style=" " |<small>unrounded</small>
! style=" " |<small>rounded</small>
! style=" " |<small>unrounded</small>
! colspan="2" style=" " |<small>rounded</small>
|-
!style=" "|<small>short</small>
!style=" "|<small>long</small>
!style=" "|<small>short</small>
!style=" "|<small>long</small>
!style=" "|<small>short</small>
!style=" "|<small>long</small>
!style=" "|<small>short</small>
!style=" "|<small>long</small>
|-
! style="" |Close
| '''i''' /ɪ/
| '''í''' /i(ː)/
| '''ü''' /ʏ/
|
| '''y''' /ɨ/
| '''ú''' /ʉ(ː)/
| '''u''' /ʊ/
|
|-
! style="" |Mid
| '''e''' /ɛ/
| '''é''' /e(ː)/
| '''ö''' /œ/
|
|
|
| '''o''' /ɔ/
| '''ó''' /o(ː)/
|-
! style="" |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==
==Morphology==
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===Verbs===
===Verbs===
==Syntax==
==Syntax==
Predicate-first syntax
Tíogall grammar, minus the split-ergativity.
===Predicates===
 
:''Að smøøh bo sbenopats twm øráð bo [toxrorégin] syrŋ a go þarcǿma ŋe.''
:SG world COL dinosaur NEG only COL evolve-PASS.PART new DET PST.IPFV inhabit it
:The world of the dinosaurs was not solely occupied by the newly-evolved. [The world of the dinosaurs, not only the newly evolved inhabited it.]
 
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.''
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:Sani loves Maið, but she does not love Gelli.
[[Category:Conlangs]]
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