Scellan: Difference between revisions

*https://www.ef.edu/english-resources/english-vocabulary/top-1000-words/

*against, de-/dis-/un-

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

*oo/øø merger? They seem to largely be in complementary distribution except in open syllables.

*more nouns with -i

#''Ar ugairedh Jisráér gil Éigipt, suaradh Jalgóbh gil badhnedh gáth shlodhán;''

*replace Clofabic words with Tseezh words

*Revise classical wdm loans (switch x and z, d ~ ð)

*btw p t k in Wdm minor syllables as by- dy- gy- might be better

*Development of split ergativity.

*Development of topic-comment syntax, as in [[Snachian]].

==Background==

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!colspan="2"|Nasal<br/><small>''mocryí''</small>

| '''n''' /n/

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;Notes

*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.

*Affricates /ts tʃ/ are aspirated but not as strongly as aspirated plosives.

===Vowels (''motynyrłáj'')===

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|/ã/

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|/ɛ̃/

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|/ẽ/

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|/ĩ/

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|/ø̃/

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|/ỹ/

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|/ɔ̃/

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|/õ/

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|/ũ/

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|/ə̃/

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*The allowed initial clusters in native (Talmic) vocabulary are listed by type below (some clusters may be listed more than once):

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

**Cn: vn, tn, þn, gn, cn, hn

*In Windermere loans, the following initial clusters are allowed:

**Cl: pl, tl, tsl, cl, bl, gl, fl, (çl), sl

**Cm: tm, þm, cm, (çm), sm

**Cn: fn, cn, (çn), sn

**Cł: tł, þł, dł, cł, çł, gł, sł, xł

**XX [X = obstruent]: pd, pg, tb, tg, cb, cd

*In Tseezh loans, many more initial clusters may be allowed.

Stress accent is not marked. (However, in materials for English speakers we will mark stress.)

The sequences ''çm, çn, çl, çr'' are pronounced identically to ''hm, hn, ll, rr'' in most modern Skellan accents, except that ''çm, çn, çr'' are [xm, xn, xr] in accents that have [x] for ''ç''. ''çł'' is also usually pronounced [hw].

====Present====

This is often replaced by the progressive in casual speech.

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!|Possessive (preposed)

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!|Genitive (emphatic)

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!|Dative

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|''fi''

|''ce''

|''ti'' (preposed)

|''-''

|''fes''

|''ces''

|''taw''

|''twm satn''

|''enah''

|''cah''

|''þlawd''

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|''enahd''

|''cahd''

|''tahd''

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!Time

|colspan="2"|''sada''

|''ihd''

|''fuat''

|''siar''

|''ciar''

|''tiar''

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====Demonstratives with number====

*''mia/mið, min''

*''fia/fið, fin''

*''cee/ceð, cin''

===Adjectives===

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

*''orð'' 'big': ''jwma'' 'bigger', ''jwmws'' 'biggest'

====Construct adjectives====

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! Noun

| ''-vih'' (abstract noun)<br/>''hal-''(abstract noun)<br/>''-u'' (abstract noun)<br/>''-igi'' (one characterized by X)

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**''hylłiarclíam'' means 'number theory'.

*''-óm'' is a noun suffix of unclear meaning, historically an augmentative.

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

*''-u'' (collective) is a common native affix used to form abstract nouns.

*''-lan'' is another abstract noun suffix.

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

====Phrasal nouns====

*''er-'' is a negating suffix of Talmic origin; it is most commonly used with Talmic adjectives.

*''-flen'' /-fʟɛn/ is an adjectival suffix with the same meaning as Korean ''-tapta'' and Japanese ''-rashii'': it means 'like an X is supposed to be' or 'like a typical X'. The suffix comes from Old Skellan compound adjectives of the form ''X-fheileán'' (from ''feil'' 'name' + ''-án'' adjectivizer; i.e. 'like the name X' or 'worthy of the name X'). Some words with the suffix have undergone semantic shifts, e.g. carflen /ˈkʰarfʟɛn/ 'humane, moral, ethical' (from Old Skellan car "human" + -flen).

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

*''-ol'' /-ɔ̃/ is an adjectival suffix of Talmic origin.

==Sample texts==

===Featured banner===

:''This language was once featured.

:''Thanks (lit. by the grace of) to its level of quality, plausibility and usage capabilities (variety of uses), it has been voted as featured.''

'''Crofdaig lly Bial'''

Juah gyl Snawhasewl,

Asgyrr awb, smogin nai sdu,

:SALEM: Legends.

:/vœnt fɔɾˈχɔθin pɛs hiŋk/

:story scatter-PST.PART across time

:SALEM: Stories scattered through time.

:/suʟ ˈtamɔʟ ə ˈhyðəs am tə ɛntsəpəˈtsuʟ nə ˈfɔsky ɾə œʟ əs ˈχəpsit, əs kœnt əp ŋuəɾ tə kiəɾ nɔus, ɛmp təp ˈsɔ̃tən kuət, ɔtɔsˈmɛt ɾə əmˈtaw ˈɾœsəntin/

:quite wont SG species human in recount PL story PL valiant_deed of hero and villain, and lose 3SG.M thought ADV so easy, that is_a remnant 1PL.INC, byproduct, of past forget-PST.PART

:SALEM: Mankind has grown quite fond of recounting the exploits of heroes and villains, forgetting so easily that we are remnants, byproducts, of a forgotten past.

:/am – ˈsŋœyin ap kəʟ ə si – kɔ ˈkʟɛðn̩, ˈœyvr̩, əs ˈɛskinəð ˈŋatəʟ ap/

:human be.born-PST.PART 3SG.M from SG Dust IMPF strong, wise, and rich-CST gifts 3SG.M

:SALEM: Man, born from Dust, was strong, wise and resourceful.  

:but 3SG.M in world pitiless A IMPF be.born-PST.PART RY.3SG.M

:SALEM: But he was born into an unforgiving world.  

:SALEM: An inevitable darkness, creatures of destruction, the creatures of Grimm, set their sights on Man and all of his creations.  

:IMPF clash this.PL force, and seemingly IMPF intent SG darkness to return SG existence brief of man to-SG nothingness

:SALEM: These forces clashed and it seemed that darkness was intent on returning Man's brief existence to the Void.

:[however], even SG spark small-SUP of hope A enough to ignite SG change, and with course, carry-PST.PART 3PL ERG SG passion, SG giftedness, and SG ingenuity toward tools to balance SG table

:SALEM: However, even the smallest spark of hope is enough to ignite change, and in time, Man's passion, resourcefulness and ingenuity led them to the tools that would help even the odds.  

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:SALEM: This power was appropriately named "Dust". Nature's wrath in hand, Man lit their way through the darkness and in the shadow's absence came strength, civilization and, most importantly, life.  

:but even light brilliant-SUP A flicker and die [eventually]

:SALEM: But even the most brilliant lights eventually flicker and die.  

:SALEM: And when they are gone, darkness will return.  

:thus IMP prepare PL defender RY.2PL, IMP raise monument for.SG world RY.2PL as pleasure RY.2PL, but IMP put eye... in strength not find-FUT 2PL SG victory

:SALEM: So you may prepare your guardians, build your monuments to a so-called free world, but take heed... there will be no victory in strength.

:but SG victory [perhaps] in thing COMP simple A find-FUT 1PL.EX it, thing forget-PST.PART ERG 2SG in long_time: thing require SG soul COMP small and honest

:OZPIN: But perhaps victory is in the simpler things that you've long forgotten: things that require a smaller, more honest soul.

===UDHR, Article 1===

:DET.COL human free and equal INS dignity-COL and right-COL 3PL from be_born. 3PL bestow-PST.PART INS rationality-COL and conscience-COL 3PL, therefore part GEN.3PL DET act towards one_another in spirit brotherhood

:All humans are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

:Today we're making anisole which is a somewhat nice-smelling organic liquid.  

:Anisole itself doesn't have many direct applications and it's mostly used as a precursor to perfumes and pharmaceuticals.

===From a manifesto===  

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

:Does good reside in the towering tree trunks, the heavenly lakes, the cragged peaks?

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

:Nay, it dwells within thyself.