Bright languages

Bright languages are constructed languages intended to be aesthetically pleasing and stable in utterance.

Phonology

Sound Laws

• Assimilation: alba-val > albabelë; silma-val > silmemalë
• Voicing: consonants between vowels are voiced.
• Devoicing: initial and final consonants are voiceless.
• Mutation: voiced consonants extend grade
• /t/ can never be an onset

ndar > nc

C̥VC̬VC̥

l > lb/lm, r > rd/rn | m > mb, n > nd | p/b > ps, t/d > ts | f/v > ff s/z > ss

[distinction of voice is deleted] n, p, f l, t, c h, k, s > [the dorsal column is deleted] n, p, f l, t, c >+m +r m, l, p, f n, r, t, s

albabelë nardi

3 vowels and 6 consonants?

18

12

m/n + p -mb [extension of p] m/n + t -nd [extension of t] r/l + m = -lm [extension of m] r/l + n = -rn [extension of n] [extension of n] - n + n = -nn n + r = -rn n + l = -lm n + t = -nd n + p = -mb p + t = bb/dd

ti

pi

pmera

n + t = -nd p + p = p +

> b +

- l + P > lb/pl l + T > rd/tr

pledä

f/v > ...,

arda alba

albabel

bel [a > e > i] or [i > e > a] vāl, vār val > berdë (*var)

rd rn rs

Velar stops such as /k/ are problematic, therefore removed. Palatalization /ku/ for example has the tendence to inevitably change to /kʷ/ and /b/, whereas /ki/ will lead to /t͡ʃi/ and /ʃi/.

Back vowels are totally erased, to contrast with dark tongues, plus to avoid the sound change /du/ > /dʷ/ > /b/

C̥VC(C) CvoicelessVC(C)voicedV