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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Bright Tongue vs Dark Tongue<br> | |||
*lack of gutturals vs lack of labials | |||
*synthesis vs agglutination | |||
*words don't repeat vs words repeat | |||
*diphthongs allowed vs diphthongs forbidden | |||
*only sonorants as coda vs anything as coda except sonorants | |||
*constraints | |||
Dark tongues may access /ɥ/ | |||
K [associated with choking | |||
P [associated with kissing | |||
In Veno's Dark Tongue | |||
''gog yoguguluk'' "the man speaks to me about them" | |||
''yo-'' "speak" + ''-gu-'' [first person] + ''-g-'' [epenthetic particle] +''-ul-'' [third person] + ''-uk'' [generic person] | |||
sebeze paddaen adres nirdasbar vs zhogodosh kaktatona atrosh nurtaskara | |||
''ídrā naiaris'' "I was bitten by a serpent", ''siverae aebidis'' "I was bitten by a mosquito" ... | |||
nazil "flower", naevalla "sword" | |||
belep (nom) bellī (pl) albā (col)<br> | |||
bel (acc) parabel (pl) ambī (col)<br> | |||
elbī (gen) il (pl) pasadarvā (col)<br> | |||
vs | |||
gog, gog-nagog<br> | |||
gogash, gog-nagogash<br> | |||
gogu, gog-nagogu<br> | |||
*Belep vs gog | |||
*Balardemea vs kalaradunga | |||
rleh "city", kthullu "god" | |||
Laiberim | |||
Ungrauzuru | |||
Trizandir | |||
Naevalla | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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Bright languages are constructed languages often intended to be aesthetically pleasing, predictable, and phonologically stable. Examples are the elvish languages from J R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Introduction
Bright Tongue vs Dark Tongue
- lack of gutturals vs lack of labials
- synthesis vs agglutination
- words don't repeat vs words repeat
- diphthongs allowed vs diphthongs forbidden
- only sonorants as coda vs anything as coda except sonorants
- constraints
Dark tongues may access /ɥ/
K [associated with choking
P [associated with kissing
In Veno's Dark Tongue
gog yoguguluk "the man speaks to me about them"
yo- "speak" + -gu- [first person] + -g- [epenthetic particle] +-ul- [third person] + -uk [generic person]
sebeze paddaen adres nirdasbar vs zhogodosh kaktatona atrosh nurtaskara
ídrā naiaris "I was bitten by a serpent", siverae aebidis "I was bitten by a mosquito" ...
nazil "flower", naevalla "sword"
belep (nom) bellī (pl) albā (col)
bel (acc) parabel (pl) ambī (col)
elbī (gen) il (pl) pasadarvā (col)
vs
gog, gog-nagog
gogash, gog-nagogash
gogu, gog-nagogu
- Belep vs gog
- Balardemea vs kalaradunga
rleh "city", kthullu "god"
Laiberim
Ungrauzuru
Trizandir
Naevalla