Bright languages

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

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
  

m/n + p -mb [extension of p]
m/n + t -nd [extension of t]
p/f + l/r = -bl [extension of l]
t/c + l/r = -dr [extension of r]
r/l + m = -lm [extension of m]
r/l + n = -rn [extension of n]

• /t/ can only happen between two /a/'s and/or /ə/'s.

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

[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

albabelë narni

3 vowels and 6 consonants?

18

12

anci

abla trav

bel [a > e > i] or [i > e > a] vāl, vār val > berdë (*var)

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/

Syntax