Scellan/Sketchbook

Introduction

Scellan/Sketchbook is a Talmic 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).

• 1-10: cę, têthôr, narge, zôfe, salês, stǫ, rôde, lorethe, farve, ħiôr /ˈkɛ̃, teˈsøʀ, ˈnæʀgə, ˈzøfə, ˈʃælɪʃ, ˈʃtɔ̃, ˈʀødə, lʌˈrɛsə, ˈfæʀvə, χɪˈjøʀ/
• 11-19: cemiôr, ħelôr, nariôr, zôfiôr, ..., 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/		(gh, ȝ /ʔ/)1
	voiced	b, v /b~β/	d /d~ð/		g /g~ɣ/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	th /s/	s /ʃ/		ch, 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, y /i/		u /ʉ/
Near-close	[ɪ]	[ʏ]	[ə]
Mid	ê /e/	ô /ø/		â, o /o/
Open		[ɞ]	a, e /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.