Keren

Keren

Keren
Keren
Pronunciation	[ˈkɛ.ren]
Created by	Bari
Date	2023
Native to	Sand Island
Native speakers	400 (2023)
Language family	language isolate Keren
Early form	Old Keren

Background

Keren in language for Kerens - people, that live on Sand Island - fictional island. Is based on amazonian proto-languages & have some proto-indo-european morphology.

Phonology

Keren has 24 phonemic consonants & 4 vowels.

Consonants

		Labial		Coronal		Palatal		Labio-Palatal		Dorsal		Labio-Dorsal
Nasals		m		n		ɲ				ŋ		ŋʷ
Stops		p		t͡s	t	t͡ʃ				k		kʷ
Sibilant				s	z	ʃ
Trills				r						ʀ		ʀʷ
Fricative				ɬ		ç
Glides				l		j		ɥ		ɰ		w

Vowels

		Front		Back
High		i
Mid		e		o
Low		a