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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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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
4 vowels and 8 consonants. | |||
===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. | ||
*Assimilation: alba- | *Lenition: if two bordering syllables/syllable portions possess the same consonant, the consonant of the weakest syllable (portion) disappears.<br> | ||
*Harmony: [a > e > i] or [i > e > a] | EX: The Adamic or Babelic forms ''vāl'' "person" and ''vār'' "people" become ''alp'' and ''elbë'' respectively in the Bright Tongue [''alp'' instead of ''*palp''].<br> | ||
*Assimilation: | |||
alba-alp > albabelë; silma-alp > silmemalë; ... | |||
*Mutation: | *Harmony: [a > e > i] or [i > e > a]<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> | ||
r/l + p -lb [extension of l]<br> | |||
r/l + t -rd [extension of r]<br> | |||
r/l + m = -lm [extension of m]<br> | r/l + m = -lm [extension of m]<br> | ||
r/l + n = -rn [extension of n]<br> | r/l + n = -rn [extension of n]<br> | ||
*/t/ can only happen before /a/ and/or /ə/. | */t/ can only happen before /a/ and/or /ə/. | ||
Because final consonants are easily lost in Typology, /r/ /l/ /m/ and /n/ always mutate | |||
C̥VC̬VC̥ | C̥VC̬VC̥ | ||
anë | |||
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n, r, t, d | n, r, t, d | ||
alma > almi > ilmi | |||
ilmi nae | |||
ilmi tae | |||
ilmi ae | |||
alba "people" [alp, elbë] | |||
arda "things" [art, erdë] | |||
alma "high faculties" [al, elmë] | |||
arna "emotions, sensations" [ar, ernë] | |||
amba "time" [amp, embë] | |||
anda "space" [ant, endë] | |||
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andar (anda + arda/alba) "land~kingdom", anderë "lands" | |||
ambal (amba + arda/alba) "celestial body~god", ambelë... | |||
endar | |||
tirya | |||
arni, ernyë | |||
Latest revision as of 01:44, 1 November 2024
Bright languages are constructed languages intended to be aesthetically pleasing, predictable, and stable in utterance.
Introduction
Phonology
4 vowels and 8 consonants.
Sound Laws
- Voicing: consonants between vowels are voiced.
- Devoicing: initial and final consonants are voiceless.
- Lenition: if two bordering syllables/syllable portions possess the same consonant, the consonant of the weakest syllable (portion) disappears.
EX: The Adamic or Babelic forms vāl "person" and vār "people" become alp and elbë respectively in the Bright Tongue [alp instead of *palp].
- Assimilation:
alba-alp > albabelë; silma-alp > silmemalë; ...
- Harmony: [a > e > i] or [i > e > a]
- Mutation: consonants extend grade until there is only one.
m/n + p -mb [extension of p]
m/n + t -nd [extension of t]
r/l + p -lb [extension of l]
r/l + t -rd [extension of r]
r/l + m = -lm [extension of m]
r/l + n = -rn [extension of n]
- /t/ can only happen before /a/ and/or /ə/.
Because final consonants are easily lost in Typology, /r/ /l/ /m/ and /n/ always mutate
C̥VC̬VC̥
anë
[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
alma > almi > ilmi ilmi nae ilmi tae ilmi ae alba "people" [alp, elbë] arda "things" [art, erdë] alma "high faculties" [al, elmë] arna "emotions, sensations" [ar, ernë] amba "time" [amp, embë] anda "space" [ant, endë] - andar (anda + arda/alba) "land~kingdom", anderë "lands" ambal (amba + arda/alba) "celestial body~god", ambelë... endar tirya arni, ernyë
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/