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*Devoicing: initial and final consonants are voiceless.
*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.<br>
*Lenition: if two bordering syllables/syllable portions possess the same consonant, the consonant of the weakest syllable (portion) disappears.<br>
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>
EX: The Adamic or Babelic forms ''vāl'' "person" and ''vār'' "people" become ''alf'' and ''elbë'' respectively in the Bright Tongue [''alp'' instead of ''*falf''].<br>
*Assimilation:
*Assimilation:
alba-alp > albabelë; silma-alp > silmemalë; ...
alba-alp > albabelë; silma-alp > silmemalë; ...
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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 + f -lb [extension of l]<br>
r/l + t -rd [extension of r]<br>
r/l + c -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>
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anda "space" [ant, endë]
anda "space" [ant, endë]
-
-
andar (anda + arda/alba) "land~kingdom", anderë "lands"
endar "land", anderë "lands"
ambal (amba + arda/alba) "celestial body~god", ambelë...
embal (amba + arda/alba) "celestial body~god", ambelë...
endar
endar
tirya
tirya
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ALMA
ALMA
ARNA
ARNA
nua vāl / nua valár = ni erec alf ... ni
*analytic
*no articles
*no declension
*context and syntax play important role
iru > erdi
erda alf
avâla iku
Adamic verb
arú > erec
ārú > irida
nua sit, askút
ni ereden
-
ísit ārú
ni irida ederen
sikt > ciren
hal > cilma
cilm
sikt niru
nae ciren
''Elbë ni irida indili''
ciren (n), ederen (v)
cilma (n), indili (v)
-s-k-t- > ciren, cirendë
h/q > n
s/z > c
k/g > r
-
t/d > nd
h/q>
z >
g > l
d > mb
n r c




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