Scellan/Sketchbook

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.

• 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/	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

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.