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== Evolution of Skylandic ==
As unfortunate as it may seem, the ELRT hasn't found any sufficient amount of surviving records yet of the language's early and middle stages. But they did made an end-to-end evolutionary list of the language starting from Proto-Germanic (PGmc) or sometimes Proto-West Germanic (PWGm). All thanks to help of the Great Sage. The sound changes are shown below, in no particular order.
# *sp, *st, *sk → /ep et ek/
  - *sk becomes ⟨ch⟩ before ⟨e, i, y⟩. But can also happen randomly with other vowels.<br>
PGmc *skrīaną → Skylandic "écrien" (to shout)<br>
PGmc *skiwô → Skylandic "Chive" (sky)<br>
PGmc *skawonną → Skylandic "chauven" (to show)
# Intervocalic *t(j) and *k → Ø (Elision) <br>
PGmc *flutjaną → Skylandic "fluire" (to move)
# *Vsk(ij)aną → -Vst-er → Vître. This is a consequence of the previous sound change with just an infinitive ending change involved.<br>
PWGm *aiskōn → Skylandic "aître" (to ask)
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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The front close-mid rounded vowel /ø/ in the present tense of regular verbs is realized in the Bernstein dialect as a mid-central vowel [ə] but is silent in the Primétoilean dialect.
The front close-mid rounded vowel /ø/ in the present tense of regular verbs is realized in the Bernstein dialect as a mid-central vowel [ə] but is silent in the Primétoilean dialect.


The consonants /ɕ ʑ ʁ/ are often realized as [ʃ ʒ ɾ~r~ɹ], especially by younger generations.  
The consonants /ɕ ʑ ʁ/ are often realized as [ʃ ʒ ɾ~r~ɹ], especially by younger generations. Bernstein dialect speakers vocalize the phoneme /ʁ/ as [ɐ] after vowels.


=== Liaison and Enchaînement ===
=== Liaison and Enchaînement ===
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[tɥ‿it ɡu] <br>
[tɥ‿it ɡu] <br>
"You are good."   
"You are good."   
=== Stress ===
Skylandic has no lexical stress. That is, words on their own have no stressed syllable. Instead, it has '''''sentential stress''''' — stress on the sentence level. Stress only appears when words are combined together to form a complete sentence. The stress pattern of Skylandic sentences is always in '''iambs''' — syllable pairs consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. In fact, Skylandic poetry is entirely based on this stress pattern but in specific counts — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic_pentameter iambic pentameter].
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== Orthography ==
== Orthography ==
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=== Consonants and Clusters ===
=== Consonants and Clusters ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Consonants
|+ Consonants
|-
|-
! Graphemes !! Environment !! Phoneme !! Example
! style="text-align:center" | Graphemes || Environment || Phoneme || Example
|-
|-
| -bs, -cs, -ds, -fs, -gs, -ps, -ts || Word-final || Silent || dain'''cs''' [dɛ̃]
| -bs, -cs, -ds, -fs,<br> -gs, -ps, -ts || Word-final || Silent || dain'''cs''' [dɛ̃]
|-
|-
| rowspan=2 | b || elsewhere || /b/ || '''b'''leivre [blɛvʁ]
| rowspan=2 | b || elsewhere || /b/ || '''b'''leivre [blɛvʁ]
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| elsewhere || /k/ || '''C'''ou [ku]
| elsewhere || /k/ || '''C'''ou [ku]
|-
|-
| ch || everywhere || ɕ || '''ch'''ans [ɕɑ̃]
| ch || everywhere || /ɕ/ || '''ch'''ans [ɕɑ̃]
|-
|-
| rowspan=2 | d || word-final || silent || gai'''d''' [ɡɛ]
| rowspan=2 | d || word-final || silent || gai'''d''' [ɡɛ]
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| h || everywhere || silent || '''H'''ant [ɑ̃]
| h || everywhere || silent || '''H'''ant [ɑ̃]
|-
|-
| colspan=2 | j || ʑ || '''j'''e [ʑø]
| colspan=2 | j || /ʑ/ || '''j'''e [ʑø]
|-
|-
| l, ll || everywhere || /l/ || '''L'''ant [lɑ̃]
| l, ll || everywhere || /l/ || '''L'''ant [lɑ̃]
|-
|-
| m, mm || everywhere || m || '''M'''ann [man]
| m, mm || everywhere || /m/ || '''M'''ann [man]
|-
| n, nn || everywhere || /n/ || '''n'''eun [nœ̃]
|-
| rowspan=2 | p || word-final || silent || Dam'''p''' [dɑ̃]
|-
| elsewhere || /p/ || '''p'''lus [ply]
|-
| q(u) || everywhere || /k/ || '''qu'''e [kø]
|-
| r || everywhere || /ʁ/ || '''R'''uie [ʁɥi]
|-
| rowspan=3 | s || between vowels || /z/ || Hou'''s'''e [uz]
|-
| word-final || silent || lasai'''s''' [la.zɛ]
|-
| elsewhere || /s/ || '''S'''aive [sɛv]
|-
| rowspan=2 | t || word-final || silent || Blou'''t''' [blu]
|-
| elsewhere || /t/ || '''T'''rive [tʁiv]
|-
| v || everywhere || /v/ || '''V'''eaut [vo]
|-
| rowspan=2 | x || word-final || silent || Éleu'''x''' [e.lø]
|-
|-
| n, nn || everywhere || n || '''n'''eun [nœ̃]
| between vowels || /k.s/ || e'''x'''aient [ɛk.sɛ]
|-
|-
| rowspan=2 | p | word-final || silent || Dam'''p''' [dɑ̃]
| rowspan=2 | z || word-final || silent || hou'''z''' [u]
|-
|-
| elsewhere || p || '''p'''lus [ply]
| elsewhere || /z/ || '''Z'''ite [zit]
|}
|}
   
   
 
=== Vowels ===
===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Vowels and Vowel Combinations
|-
! Graphemes !! Environment !! Phoneme !! Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|-
| Example || Example || Example
|}
===Prosody===
===Prosody===
====Stress====
====Stress====
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