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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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===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. | ||
*Lenition: the | *Lenition: if two bordering syllables possess the same consonant, the consonant of the weakest syllable disappears.<br> | ||
EX: In Adamic, the forms ''vāl'' "person" and ''vār'' "people" become ''alp'' and ''elbë'' respectively in the Bright Tongue.<br> | |||
''alp'' instead of ''*palp'' | |||
*Assimilation: | *Assimilation: | ||
alba-alp > albabelë; silma-alp > silmemalë; ... | alba-alp > albabelë; silma-alp > silmemalë; ... | ||
*Harmony: [a > e > i] or [i > e > a]<br> | *Harmony: [a > e > i] or [i > e > a]<br> | ||
*Mutation: consonants extend grade until there is only one. By rule, when a consonant is final coda, it mutates.<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> | ||