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| ===Sound Laws=== | | ===Sound Laws=== |
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| Accurate Elvish
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| | *If two bordering syllables/syllable portions possess the same consonant, the consonant of the weakest syllable (portion) disappears.<br> |
| | EX: Adamic ''vāl'' "person" and ''vār'' "people" become ''alf'' (not''*falf'') and ''elvi'' .<br> |
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| *Voicing [C̥VC̬VC̥]: due the influence of vocalic weight, consonants between vowels are voiced while initial and final consonants are voiceless
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| *Lenition/Dissimilation: due the displeasure of mimesis, if two bordering syllables/syllable portions possess the same consonant, the consonant of the weakest syllable (portion) disappears.<br>
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| EX: Adamic ''vāl'' "person" and ''vār'' "people" become ''al'' and ''elvi'' respectively in the Bright Tongue [''alf'' instead of ''*falf''].<br>
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| *Assimilation: | | *Assimilation: |
| *Harmony: [a > e > i] or [i > e > a]<br> | | *Harmony: [a > e > i] or [i > e > a]<br> |
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| r/l + n = -rn [extension of n]<br> | | r/l + n = -rn [extension of n]<br> |
| */s/ and /d/ can only happen before /a/, and if the opposite were to happen, the nucleus would be dropped. | | */s/ and /d/ can only happen before /a/, and if the opposite were to happen, the nucleus would be dropped. |
| EX: The hypothetical ''iridin'' becomes ''eren''
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| *Due the tendence of final consonants to be easily lost, only consonant clusters and sonorants are allowed as final codas. Also, final /m/ and /n/ disappear as the precedent vowel is nasalized.
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| alba "people" [alf, elbi] | | alba "people" [alf, elbi] |
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| endar "land", arni "lands" | | endar "land", arni "lands" |
| embal "celestial body", ambeli... | | embal "celestial body", ambeli... |
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| NA > ni [0], nae [1] | | NA > ni [0], nae [1] |
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| ALMA | | ALMA |
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| nao aocar i
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| nua valár
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| ni erec alber
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| *analytic
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| *one article
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| *no declension
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| *context and syntax play important role
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| ni arc alber
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| ni erec alber =/= ni erec er alf
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| ni irida alber
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| iru > eri > ere
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| ni, mi
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| ec, fe
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| al, ar
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| iru > eri > ere | | iru > eri > ere |
| iru > eri > ere > irida
| | anu > ni |
| /r/ > /rd/
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| e > i
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| r > rVdV
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| ani/nia > ne
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| ana/nā > na
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| ''Elbi irida ni indili'' = ''Ara avâla ana ahalâ''
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| Ni irida eren, ec cilma
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| Tua hícal, rī askút
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| iku [Adamic] > ihu (canon law) > *ehi (enlightment of vowels) > *ei (enlightment of consonants) > ae (enlightment of vowels)
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| /h/ > /∅/
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| ere & irida > -c-
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| ===Consonants=== | | ===Consonants=== |