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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==
+The following describes Alcvean Middle Scellan
 ===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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 | '''g''' /k/ ||
 |-
-!rowspan="2"|Non-sibilant
+!rowspan="2"|Spirant
 !<small>unvoiced</small>
 | '''f''' /f/
 | '''þ''' /θ/
 |
-| '''ç''' /x/ || '''h''' /h/
+| '''ç''' /x/ ||
 |-
 !<small>voiced</small>
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 | '''s''' /s̻/, '''z''' /s̺/
 | '''x''' /ʃ/ ||
-|
+|  '''h''' /h/
 |-
 !colspan="2"|Affricate
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 ===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).
+{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
+|+ '''{{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==
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 ===Verbs===
 ==Syntax==
-Topic-comment 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.
-:''Sani dy ell ee Maið, ah twm Hmorill.''
-: Sani loves Maið, but Hmorill does not [love him].
-:''Sani dy ell ee Maið, ah twm ym Gelli.''
+[[Category:Languages]]
-:Sani loves Maið, but she does not love Gelli.
+[[Category:Conlangs]]