Scellan/Sketchbook

Introduction

Scellan/Sketchbook is a Talsmic language descended from Thensarian. The phonology is based on Ashkenazi Hebrew and Portuguese (with a touch of English).

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/		n [ŋ]
Plosive	voiceless	p /p/	t /t/		c /k/		ȝ /ʔ/1
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/		g /g/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	s /s/			ch, ħ /χ/	h /h~ɦ~0/1
	voiced	v /v/	z /z/			r /ʁ/
Approximant			l /l/	j /j/

¹ Silent in everyday speech.

Vowels

Scellan/Sketchbook vowels (oral)

	Front		Central	Back
	unrounded	rounded
Close	/i/	/y/
Close	[ɪ]	[ʏ]
Mid	/e/	/ø/	[ə]	[ʌ]
Open	/æ/		[ɐ]	/ɒ/

Scellan/Sketchbook vowels (nasal)

	Front		Central	Back
	unrounded	rounded
Close	/ɪ̃/			/ʊ̃/
Mid	/ɛ̃/	/ø̃/	[ə̃]	/ɔ̃/
Open			/ɐ̃/