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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Kēlen is mentioned prominently by [[w:Sally Caves|Sarah L. Higley]] in her book ''Hildegard of Bingen's Unknown Language: An edition, translation and discussion'' (Palgrave Macmillan 2007, ''The New Middle Ages'') where she discusses [[Lingua Ignota]] in the context of constructed languages up to the present day. She describes it as an example of the desire for originality in contemporary conlanging, by virtue of its verbless grammar, and notes that it is a prominent example of a conlang created by a woman. She also says that "fellow conlangers consider Kēlen to be efficient, elegant, strange and innovative, and its writing system is greatly admired." | Kēlen is mentioned prominently by [[w:Sally Caves|Sarah L. Higley]] in her book ''Hildegard of Bingen's Unknown Language: An edition, translation and discussion'' (Palgrave Macmillan 2007, ''The New Middle Ages'') where she discusses [[w:Lingua Ignota|Lingua Ignota]] in the context of constructed languages up to the present day. She describes it as an example of the desire for originality in contemporary conlanging, by virtue of its verbless grammar, and notes that it is a prominent example of a conlang created by a woman. She also says that "fellow conlangers consider Kēlen to be efficient, elegant, strange and innovative, and its writing system is greatly admired." | ||
Kēlen is also discussed at length in [http://www.philol.msu.ru/~sidorova/files/conlangs.pdf this paper] by M. Yu. Sidorova and O.N. Shuvalova, | Kēlen is also discussed at length in [http://www.philol.msu.ru/~sidorova/files/conlangs.pdf this paper] by M. Yu. Sidorova and O.N. Shuvalova, | ||
Several glossed examples are given. | Several glossed examples are given. | ||
At the third Language Creation Conference [[w:David J. Peterson|David J. Peterson]] awarded the ''Smiley Award'' to Kēlen, describing it as "an [[w:engineered language|engineered language]] with the soul of an [[artistic language]]". He explains that while its experimental structure is in many ways similar to an engineered language, the amount of linguistic and concultural detail given by Sotomayor (including inflection of the relationals, three different scripts, and information on Kēleñi culture and society such as a calendar and a method of divination) make it a fully fledged artistic project rather than a simple experiment.<ref>[http://dedalvs.conlang.org/smileys/2009.html David J. Peterson, ''The 2009 Smiley Award Winner: Kēlen'']</ref> Kēlen also comes with its own writing system, which bears a superficial resemblance to [[w:Devanagari|Devanagari]]. | At the third Language Creation Conference [[w:David J. Peterson|David J. Peterson]] awarded the ''Smiley Award'' to Kēlen, describing it as "an [[w:engineered language|engineered language]] with the soul of an [[artistic language]]". He explains that while its experimental structure is in many ways similar to an engineered language, the amount of linguistic and concultural detail given by Sotomayor (including inflection of the relationals, three different scripts, and information on Kēleñi culture and society such as a calendar and a method of divination) make it a fully fledged artistic project rather than a simple experiment.<ref>[http://dedalvs.conlang.org/smileys/2009.html David J. Peterson, ''The 2009 Smiley Award Winner: Kēlen'']</ref> Kēlen also comes with its own writing system, which bears a superficial resemblance to [[w:Devanagari|Devanagari]]. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Kēlen has 17 consonants and 16 vowels. | Kēlen has 17 consonants and 16 vowels. | ||