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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[Talmic languages|Talmic language]] descended from [[Thensarian]]; 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. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[Talmic languages|Talmic language]] descended from [[Thensarian]]; 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. | ||
==Historical phonology== | ==Historical phonology== | ||
Revision as of 06:49, 21 June 2017
Scellan/Sketchbook is a Talmic language descended from Thensarian; 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.
Historical phonology
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | n [ŋ] | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | tj /t͡ʃ/ | c /k/ | (ȝ /ʔ/)1 | |
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | dj /d͡ʒ/ | g /g/ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | θ /s/ | s /ʃ/ | ch /x/ | ||
| voiced | v /v/ | δ /z/ | l, ħ /R~h/ | ||||
| Approximant | r /r~l/ | j /j/ | |||||
- 1 Silent in everyday speech.
Vowels
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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.