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| Bright languages are constructed languages intended to be aesthetically pleasing, predictable, and stable in utterance.
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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 [[w:Middle-earth|Middle-earth]]. |
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| ==Introduction== | | ==Introduction== |
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| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
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| 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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| ===Sound Laws=== | | ===Sound Laws=== |
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| *Voicing: consonants between vowels are voiced.
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| *Devoicing: initial and final consonants are voiceless.
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| *Lenition: if two bordering syllables possess the same consonant, the consonant of the weakest syllable disappears.<br>
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| EX: In Adamic, the forms ''vāl'' "person" and ''vār'' "people" become ''alp'' and ''elbë'' respectively in the Bright Tongue.<br>
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| ''alp'' instead of ''*palp''
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| *Assimilation:
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| alba-alp > albabelë; silma-alp > silmemalë; ...
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| *Harmony: [a > e > i] or [i > e > a]<br>
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| *Mutation: consonants extend grade until there is only one. By rule, when a consonant is final coda, it mutates.<br>
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| m/n + p -mb [extension of p]<br>
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| m/n + t -nd [extension of t]<br>
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| r/l + p -lb [extension of l]<br>
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| r/l + t -rd [extension of r]<br>
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| r/l + m = -lm [extension of m]<br>
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| r/l + n = -rn [extension of n]<br>
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| */t/ can only happen before /a/ and/or /ə/.
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| anë
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| [the dorsal column was deleted and the distinction of voice lost] ...plus, m and n are added and f and s lost
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| m, l, p, b
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| n, r, t, d
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| albabelë narni
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| 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/.
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| Back vowels are totally erased, to contrast with dark tongues, plus to avoid the sound change /du/ > /dʷ/ > /b/
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| ===Consonants===
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| ===Vowels===
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| ===Prosody===
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| ====Stress====
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| ====Intonation====
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| ===Phonotactics===
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| <!-- Explain the consonant clusters and vowel clusters that are permissible for use in the language. For example, "st" is an allowed consonant cluster in English while onset "ng" isn't. -->
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| ===Morphophonology===
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| ==Morphology==
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| ==Syntax== | | ==Syntax== |
