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-Middle Eevo is the direct descendant of [[Old Eevo]] used in Sgewla.
+'''Middle Scellan''' is the direct descendant of [[Tigol]] that was spoken in Scella. It had become Early Modern [[Scellan]] around fT 1150. There are many different dialects of Middle Scellan.
+Many works of literature survive in Middle Scellan.
 ==Phonology==
+The following describes Alcvean Middle Scellan
+===Consonants===
+The '''Scellan spirantization''' had taken place: the Tigol lenited (voiced) stops ḃ ṗ ḋ ṫ ġ ċ /b bʰ d dʰ g gʰ/ had shifted to /v f ð θ ɣ x/. Compare Anbiric ([[Anbirese]] and [[Ciètian]]), which experienced a different consonant shift.
+{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
+|-
+!colspan="2"| !! Labial !! Dental/Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal
+|-
+!rowspan="2"|Nasal
+!<small>fortis</small>
+| '''mm''' /M/
+| '''nn''' /N/
+|
+| '''ññ''' /Ŋ/
+|
+|-
+!<small>lenis</small>
+| '''m''' /m/
+| '''n''' /n/
+|
+| '''ñ''' /ŋ/
+|
+|-
+!rowspan="2"|Plosive
+!<small>aspirated</small>
+| '''p''' /pʰ/
+| '''t''' /tʰ/
+|
+| '''c''' /kʰ/ ||
+|-
+!<small>plain</small>
+| '''b''' /p/
+| '''d''' /t/
+|
+| '''g''' /k/ ||
+|-
+!rowspan="2"|Spirant
+!<small>unvoiced</small>
+| '''f''' /f/
+| '''þ''' /θ/
+|
+| '''ç''' /x/ ||
+|-
+!<small>voiced</small>
+| '''v''' /v/
+| '''ð''' /ð/
+|
+| '''ȝ''' /ɣ/ ||
+|-
+!colspan="2"|Sibilant
+|
+| '''s''' /s̻/, '''z''' /s̺/
+| '''x''' /ʃ/ ||
+|  '''h''' /h/
+|-
+!colspan="2"|Affricate
+|
+| '''ts''' /ts/
+| '''tx''' /tʃ/
+| ||
+|-
+!rowspan="2"| Resonant
+!<small>fortis</small>
+|
+| '''rr''' /R/,  '''ll''' /L̃/
+| ||
+|
+|-
+!<small>lenis</small>
+|
+| '''r''' /r/, '''l''' /l̃/ ||
+|  ||
+|}
+===Vowels===
+Middle Scellan had an asymmetric vowel system. Vowel length, inherited from Tigol, was in the process of being replaced with vowel quality (cf. American English).
+{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
+|+ '''{{PAGENAME}} vowels'''
+|-
+! rowspan="3" |
+! colspan="4" |Front
+! colspan="2" |Central
+! colspan="3" |Back
+|-
+! colspan="2" style="" |<small>unrounded</small>
+! colspan="2" style="" |<small>rounded</small>
+! style=" " |<small>unrounded</small>
+! style=" " |<small>rounded</small>
+! style=" " |<small>unrounded</small>
+! colspan="2" style=" " |<small>rounded</small>
+|-
+!style=" "|<small>short</small>
+!style=" "|<small>long</small>
+!style=" "|<small>short</small>
+!style=" "|<small>long</small>
+!style=" "|<small>short</small>
+!style=" "|<small>long</small>
+!style=" "|<small>short</small>
+!style=" "|<small>long</small>
+|-
+! style="" |Close
+| '''i''' /ɪ/
+| '''í''' /i(ː)/
+| '''ü''' /ʏ/
+|
+| '''y''' /ɨ/
+| '''ú''' /ʉ(ː)/
+| '''u''' /ʊ/
+|
+|-
+! style="" |Mid
+| '''e''' /ɛ/
+| '''é''' /e(ː)/
+| '''ö''' /œ/
+|
+|
+|
+| '''o''' /ɔ/
+| '''ó''' /o(ː)/
+|-
+! style="" |Open
+|
+|
+|
+|
+| '''a''' /a/
+|
+|
+| '''á''' /ɒ(ː)/
+|}
+Diphthongs: '''ai aü ei eu iu oe ui ia ua''' = /ai ay ei eu iu oe ui iə üə/
 ==Morphology==
 ===Nouns===
 ===Verbs===
+==Syntax==
+Tíogall grammar, minus the split-ergativity.
+[[Category:Languages]]
+[[Category:Conlangs]]