Kēlen

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Kēlen is an artlang invented by Sylvia Sotomayor. Its main uncommon feature is that the language does not have an open lexical class of verbs; instead, four relationals are used.

Kēlen is spoken by the Kēleni, a humanoid species of the planet Tērjemar.

Phonology

Kēlen has 17 consonants and 16 vowels.

The consonants are:

  • Stops: /p/, /t/, /s/, /c/, /k/ (/s/ was earlier /ts/)
  • Fricatives: /w/, /þ/, /x/, /j/, /h/
  • Sonorants: /m/, /mm/, /n/, /nn/, /ñ/, /ññ/, /ŋ/, /ŋŋ/, /l/, /ll/, /λ/, /r/, /rr/

The vowels are:

  • Short vowels: /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/, /u/(, /y/ in some dialects)
  • Long vowels: /ī/, /ē/, /ā/, /ō/, /ū/
  • Diphthongs: /āe/, /ae/, /āo/, /ao/, /iē/, /ie/, /āe/, /ae/
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