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

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/.

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