Scellan/Sketchbook

Introduction

Scellan/Sketchbook is a Talsmic language descended from Thensarian. The phonology is based on that of Ivris modernis, which in turn is based on Ashkenazi Hebrew and inspired by 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, dh /d/		g, gh /g/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	th /s/	s /ʃ/		ch, ħ /χ/	(h /h~ɦ/)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 /i/	u /y/
Near-close	[ɪ]	[ʏ]
Mid	ê /e/	ô /ø/	[ə]	[ʌ]
Open	a, e /æ/			â, o /ɒ/

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]
/ɒ/	[ʌ]
/œ̃/	[ə̃]

Orthography

Scellan/Sketchbook orthography is fairly conservative.