Scellan/Sketchbook

Scellan/Sketchbook is a Talmic language descended from Thensarian; however, more so than other Talmic languages, it has been influenced heavily by Classical Netagin and Clofabic languages in vocabulary and grammar. The phonology is inspired by Ashkenazi Hebrew and Portuguese (with a touch of English).

• 1-10: cę, têthôr, narge, zôu, salês, stǫ, rôde, lorethe, farve, ħiôr /ˈkɛ̃, teˈsøʀ, ˈnæʀgə, ˈzøfə, ˈʃælɪʃ, ˈʃtɔ̃, ˈʀødə, lʌˈrɛsə, ˈfæʀvə, χɪˈjøʀ/
• 11-19: cemiôr, ħelôr, nariôr, zôuôr, ..., fariôr /kɛ̃mɪˈjøʀ, χəˈløʀ, naʀɪˈjøʀ, zøfɪˈjøʀ, ..., fɐʀɪˈjøʀ/
• 20: nese /nɛsə/
• 21: nesicę /nəsɪˈkɛ̃/
• 40: têsôr nese /teˈsøʀ nɛsə/
• 400: tafel /ˈtɐfəl/
• 8000: ôron /ʉˈʀɒn/

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, v /b/	d /d/		g /g/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	s /s/	š /ʃ/		ħ /χ/	(h /h~ɦ/)1
	voiced		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 /i/	y /y/		u /u/
Near-close	[ɪ]	[ʏ]	[ə]
Mid	e, ê /e/	ô /ø/		â, o /o/
Open		[ɞ]	a /a/

Scellan/Sketchbook vowels (nasal)

	Front		Central	Back
	unrounded	rounded
Close
Near-close	in, yn /ɪ̃/			un /ʊ̃/
Mid	ên /ɛ̃/	ôn /œ̃/	[ə̃]	ân, on /ɔ̃/
Open			an, en /ɐ̃/

Vowel reduction

Vowels are reduced in unstressed syllables.

Phoneme	Reduced
/i/	[ɪ]
/y/	[ʏ]
/e/	[ɪ]
/ø/	[ʏ]
/æ/	[ə]
/ɔ/	[ɞ]
/œ̃/	[ə̃]

Orthography

Scellan/Sketchbook orthography is fairly conservative.