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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
As a bright language strives to contain the most stable and distinct phonetic features, | |||
dorsal consonants | |||
3 vowels and 8 consonants. | |||
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! Non-Sonorant | ! Non-Sonorant | ||
| s | | s d | ||
| f b | | f b | ||
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*Voicing [C̥VC̬VC̥]: consonants between vowels are voiced while initial and final consonants are voiceless | *Voicing [C̥VC̬VC̥]: due the influence of vocalic weight, consonants between vowels are voiced while 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: due the displeasure of mimesis, 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'' and ''elbë'' respectively in the Bright Tongue [''alf'' instead of ''*falf''].<br> | EX: Adamic ''vāl'' "person" and ''vār'' "people" become ''alf'' and ''elbë'' respectively in the Bright Tongue [''alf'' instead of ''*falf''].<br> | ||
*Assimilation: | *Assimilation: | ||
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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> | ||
*/ | */d/ can only happen before /a/, and if the opposite were to happen, the nucleus would be dropped. | ||
EX: The hypothetical ''ereden'' becomes ''eren'' | |||
*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. | |||
alma > almi > ilmi | alma > almi > ilmi | ||
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*context and syntax play important role | *context and syntax play important role | ||
Adamic verb | Adamic verb | ||
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indili (v), andal (p) | indili (v), andal (p) | ||
ciren (n), ederen (v) | ciren (n), ederen (v) | ||
cilba (n), indili (v) | |||
-s-k-t- > ciren, cirendë | -s-k-t- > ciren, cirendë | ||
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- | - | ||
t/d > nd | t/d > nd | ||
h/q> | h/q> | ||
z > | z > | ||
g > l | g > l | ||
d > mb | d > mb | ||