Bright languages
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
- /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