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'''Ketaserang'''([[Help:IPA|/kɪtæsɪˈræŋ, -ˈrɑːŋ/]]; ''ketasiraangeh'' [[Help:IPA|[ketɐsɪˈraːŋeh]]]) is the language spoken by the inhabitants of Ketaserang & Kenalerambo.
{{infobox language
| name = Ketaserang
| nativename = ketasiraangeh
| pronunciation = ketɐsɪˈraːŋeh
| creator = User:Jukethatbox
| created = 2025
| setting = ''Adventures in the Poccasins''
| state = Ketaserang & Kenalerambo
| ethnicity = Serus
| fam1 = Bebaaye
| fam2 = Nyé-Seru
| fam3 = Seru
| speakers = 2.56 million
| date = 2025
| minority = [[Poccasin Federation]]
| notice = ipa
}}
'''Ketaserang'''(/[[Help:IPA|kətæsɪˈræŋ, kɪ-]]/; ''ketasiraangeh'' [[Help:IPA|[ketɐsɪˈraːŋeh]]]) is the language spoken by the Seru people, an ethnolinguistic group of related peoples inhabiting the Ketaserang & Kenalerambo archipelago in the [[Poccasin Federation]]. Variously considered a single language and a [[w:Dialect continuum|dialect continuum]], Ketaserang has the largest population of native speakers for an indigenous language in the Poccasin Federation, at 2.56 million speakers; only the [[w:English-based creole language|English creole language]] [[Bemé]] has more speakers at 15 million. Because of this high native speaker number, there have been various [[w:Self-determination|calls for independence]] by the Seru peoples to form their own state distinct from the Poccasin Federation; however, these calls have mostly died down since the [[1999 Internal Autonomy Act]], which gave each region in the Poccasin Federation their own devolved regional government and a right to withdraw from the Federation if a two-thirds majority vote for independence is achieved.
==Phonology==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|+ Ketaserang consonants
|-
! colspan=3 rowspan=2 | !! rowspan=2 | Bilabial !! rowspan=2 | Alveolar !! rowspan=2 | Palatal !! colspan=2 | Velar !! rowspan=2 | Glottal
|-
! plain !! [[w:Labialization|labialised]]
|-
! rowspan=4 | Stop
! rowspan=2 | plain
! voiceless
| p || t || c || k || kʷ || ʔ
|-
! voiced
| b || d || ɟ || g || gʷ ||
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[w:Prenasalized consonant|prenasalised]]
! voiceless
| ᵐp || ⁿt || ᶮc || ᵑk || ᵑkʷ ||
|-
! voiced
| ᵐb || ⁿd || ᶮɟ || ᵑɡ || ᵑɡʷ ||
|-
! rowspan=2 | Implosive(1)
! colspan=2 | plain
| ɓ || ɗ || || || ||
|-
! colspan=2 | prenasalised
| ᵐɓ || ⁿɗ || || || ||
|-
! rowspan=2 | Fricative
! colspan=2 | voiceless
| || s || || || || h
|-
! colspan=2 | voiced
| (β) || z || || || ||
|-
! colspan=3 | Nasal
| m || n || ɲ || ŋ || (ŋʷ) ||
|-
! rowspan=2 | Affricate
! colspan=2 | voiceless
| || (t͡ʃ) || || || ||
|-
! colspan=2 | voiced
| || (d͡ʒ) || || || ||
|-
! colspan=3 | Tap
| || ɾ || || || ||
|-
! colspan=3 | Trill
| || (r) || || || ||
|-
! rowspan=2 | Approximant
! colspan=2 | semivowel
| w || || j || || ||
|-
! colspan=2 | lateral
| || l || ʎ || || ||
|}
<sup>1</sup> All implosive stops are voiced.<br>
There are 39 phonemic and 4 allophonic consonants in Ketaserang, 58.1% of these being plosives or implosives; more than any other language spoken in the Poccasin Archipelago.
 
/t͡ʃ d͡ʒ/ is an allophone of /t d/ before /ɪ iː/. However, some dialects also shift /c ɟ/ to /t͡ʃ d͡ʒ/ in the same way, leading to differing spellings of certain words, like ''ki'''ti'''aap'' (standard) and ''ki'''ci'''aap'' (non-standard), both pronounced [[Help:IPA|[kɪˈt͡ʃaːp]]] and meaning "ketchup".
 
/r/ is a stressed allophone of /ɾ/, as in ''mḅa'''r'''aang'' [[Help:IPA|[ᵐɓɐˈraːŋ]]] "belongings". In contrast, /ŋʷ/ is an word-medial and unstressed allophone of /ᵑɡʷ/, such as in ''duḍee'''ngw'''e'' [[Help:IPA|[dʊˈɗɛːŋʷe]]] "wooden flute".


==Phonology==
/β/ is an allophone of /b/ before /s z/, such as in ''a'''b'''suh'' [[Help:IPA|[ɐβsʊh]]] "curve (n.)".
===Consonants===
===Vowels===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|+ Ketaserang vowels
|-
! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=2 | Front !! colspan=2 | Back
! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=2 | Front !! colspan=2 | Back
|-
|-
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| ɐ || aː || ||
| ɐ || aː || ||
|}
|}
 
Ketaserang has [[w:Tenseness#Vowels|5 lax and 5 tense vowels]]. Lax vowels appear in unstressed and/or closed syllables, while tense vowels always appear in stressed and typically open syllables. However, tense vowels can still appear in closed syllables if stressed; examples include ''k'''uu'''kti'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈkuːk.t͡ʃɪ]]] "spiked wheel" or ''mas'''ee'''h'' [[Help:IPA|[mɐˈsɛːh]]] "religious".
[[Category:Ketaserang]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:A priori]]
[[Category:Ketaserang]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:A priori]]
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