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*Voicing: consonants between vowels are voiced.
*Voicing: consonants between vowels are voiced.
*Devoicing: initial and final consonants are voiceless.
*Devoicing: initial and final consonants are voiceless.
*Mutation: voiced consonants extend grade
*Mutation: voiced consonants extend grade<br>
*/t/ can never be an onset
m/n + p -mb [extension of p]
m/n + t -nd [extension of t]
p/f + l/r = -bl [extension of l]
t/c + l/r = -dr [extension of r]
r/l + m = -lm [extension of m]
r/l + n = -rn [extension of n]
*/t/ can only happen between two /a/'s and/or /ə/'s.




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l > lb/lm, r > rd/rn | m > mb, n > nd | p/b > ps, t/d > ts | f/v > ff  s/z > ss
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
[the dorsal column was deleted and the distinction of voice lost] ...plus, m and n are added and f and s lost
m, l, p, b
n, r, t, d
 
albabelë narni
 




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12


anci






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 +


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


pledä


f/v > ...,


arda alba
albabel


bel
bel
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rd
rn
rs




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Back vowels are totally erased, to contrast with dark tongues, plus to avoid the sound change /du/ > /dʷ/ > /b/
Back vowels are totally erased, to contrast with dark tongues, plus to avoid the sound change /du/ > /dʷ/ > /b/
C̥VC(C)
CvoicelessVC(C)voicedV


===Consonants===
===Consonants===

Revision as of 17:51, 31 October 2024

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


Introduction

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

m/n + p -mb [extension of p] m/n + t -nd [extension of t] p/f + l/r = -bl [extension of l] t/c + l/r = -dr [extension of r] r/l + m = -lm [extension of m] r/l + n = -rn [extension of n]

  • /t/ can only happen between two /a/'s and/or /ə/'s.


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


[the dorsal column was deleted and the distinction of voice lost] ...plus, m and n are added and f and s lost m, l, p, b n, r, t, d

albabelë narni


3 vowels and 6 consonants?

18

12

anci



abla trav



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



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/

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources