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




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===Sound Laws===
===Sound Laws===


*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.
*Lenition: the first ...
*Lenition: if two bordering syllables possess the same consonant, the consonant of the weakest syllable disappears.<br>
EX: In Adamic, the forms ''vāl'' "person" and ''vār'' "people" become ''alp'' and ''elbë'' respectively in the Bright Tongue.<br>
''alp'' instead of ''*palp''
*Assimilation:
*Assimilation:
alba-alp > albabelë; silma-alp > silmemalë; ...
alba-alp > albabelë; silma-alp > silmemalë; ...
*Harmony: [a > e > i] or [i > e > a]<br>
*Harmony: [a > e > i] or [i > e > a]<br>
In Adamic, the forms ''vāl'' "person" and ''vār'' "people" become ''alp'' and ''elbë'' respectively in the Bright Tongue.
*Mutation: consonants extend grade until there is only one. By rule, when a consonant is final coda, it mutates.<br>
*Mutation: consonants extend grade until there is only one<br>
m/n + p -mb [extension of p]<br>
m/n + p -mb [extension of p]<br>
m/n + t -nd [extension of t]<br>
m/n + t -nd [extension of t]<br>
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