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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 '' | 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 + | r/l + f -lb [extension of l]<br> | ||
r/l + | 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] | ||
- | - | ||
endar "land", anderë "lands" | |||
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 | |||