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Kēm is a language most commonly spoken in Voi and by the upper class of Wēvyzh, however its also seen in many places as the language of academia, and as such many Lumies learn it regardless of their regional or cultural background.

Phonetic Inventory

The phonetic inventory of Kēm is as follows

Consonants
	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	p/pʰ/ b/b/		t/tʰ/ d/d/		k/kʰ/ g/g/
Fricative	f/f/ v/v/	(th/θ/)	s/s/ z/z/	sh/ʃ/ zh/ʒ/
Approximate	w/w/		l/l/	j/j/
Nasal	m/m/		n/n/		nh/ŋ/

th/θ/ is an allophone of s/s/, replacing it when s/s/ is at the end of a word.

Vowels
	Front	Mid	Back
High	i/i/ ī/iː/		u/u/ ū/uː/
Mid	e/e/ ē/eː/		o/o/ ō/oː/
Low		a/a/ ā/aː/	y/ʌ/ ȳ/ʌː/

Phonotactics

Kēm has a basic syllable structure of CVC, however, though consonant clusters aren’t disallowed, they’re somewhat uncommon.

WIP

The basic word order of Kēm is SOV, or OSV if the subject of the sentence is a personal pronoun.

WIP

tū: 1, Fixed in a position, place, or object, stuck, steady.; 2, Emotionally in control of one's self, calm, stable.

vam: 1, To take in by the mouth for digestion, to eat.

koth: 1, An animal organism other than a lumi.

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