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
l > lb/lm, r > rd/rn | m > mb, n > nd | p/b > ps, t/d > ts | f/v > ff s/z > ss
m, p, f r, t, s
m,p,f r,t,s
6 consonants
18
12
m + b / b + m> -mb
m + d / d + m> -nd
m + l / l + m = -rn
m + m / m + m = -lm
>
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/.
C̥VC(C) CvoicelessVC(C)voicedV