Bright languages - Revision history

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	Bright Tongue vs Dark Tongue<br>		Bright Tongue vs Dark Tongue<br>
	*lack of gutturals vs lack of labials		*lack of gutturals vs lack of labials ex. bel vs gog
	*synthesis vs anathesis		*synthesis vs anathesis
	*~~words~~ don't repeat ~~vs words repeat~~		*sounds don't repeat in the syllable ex. Bel
	*diphthongs allowed vs diphthongs forbidden		*diphthongs allowed vs diphthongs forbidden
	*only sonorants as free coda vs only stops as free coda		*only sonorants as free coda vs only stops as free coda
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	'''The catch is that no Bright or Dark Tongue is fully understood. The former is far too complicated (though steady) to be learned by Men, while the latter is easily taught in vain, as its dialects change rapidly compared to a human's life span.'''

			Dark tongues may access /ɥ/

			ple pel lep elp

			tra tar rat art

			āmps ambi abe bel ela ilba psā (amba alba)

			ānts andi ade dar era irda tsā (anta arda)

			belep, bellat

	~~Dark tongues may access /ɥ/~~

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	{{Construction}}		{{Construction}}

	Bright languages are constructed languages often intended to be aesthetically pleasing, predictable, and phonologically stable~~. Examples are the elvish languages from J R. R. Tolkien's [[w:Middle-earth\|Middle-earth]]~~.		Bright languages are constructed languages often intended to be aesthetically pleasing, predictable, and phonologically stable.

	==Introduction==		==Introduction==

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	Bright Tongue vs Dark Tongue<br>		Bright Tongue vs Dark Tongue<br>
	*lack of gutturals vs lack of labials		*lack of gutturals vs lack of labials
	*synthesis vs ~~agglutination~~		*synthesis vs anathesis
	*words don't repeat vs words repeat		*words don't repeat vs words repeat
	*diphthongs allowed vs diphthongs forbidden		*diphthongs allowed vs diphthongs forbidden
	*only sonorants as coda vs ~~anything~~ as coda ~~except sonorants~~		*only sonorants as free coda vs only stops as free coda
	*constraints		*constraints...


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	In Veno's Dark Tongue		In Veno's Dark Tongue
	''gog yoguguluk'' "~~the man~~ speaks ~~to me about them~~"		''gog yoguguluk'' "X speaks"

	''yo-'' "~~speak~~" + ''-gu-'' [~~first person~~] + ''-g-'' [~~epenthetic particle~~] +''-ul-'' [~~third person~~] + ''-uk'' [~~generic person~~]		''yo-'' "X" + ''-gu-'' [X] + ''-g-'' [X] +''-ul-'' [X] + ''-uk'' [X]


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	*Balardemea vs kalaradunga		*Balardemea vs kalaradunga


			Mixed Breed Dark Tongue:
			''gog yoguguluk dash'' /ɠɔɠ ɥoɠuɠuɠuluk daʃ/


			Pure Breed Dark Tongue:
			''kꜣ̥k yꜣ̥kwkwlwk tsh'' /ƙħ̩ƙ ɥ̊ħ̩ƙʷƙʷlʷƙ tʃ/

	Vocabulary drawn from the Lovecraft Mythos, Tolkien's Legendarium ...		Vocabulary drawn from the Lovecraft Mythos, Tolkien's Legendarium ...

	''rꜣlyẙh khlw̥hllw'' "city", ''~~kw̥l rw̥k~~'' "demon", ''ns̥k kw̥l'' "ghost", ''shw̥k nw̥kwrth'' "goat"		''rꜣlyẙh khlw̥hllw'' "city", ''kl̥ rꜣ̥k'' "demon", ''ns̥k kw̥l'' "ghost", ''shw̥k nw̥kwrth'' "goat"


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			/jɪee̞ɛæa īi̯/

			īy ay "the man", ī īnain "the mountain"

	A pure anathetic language would rather focus on the combinations of words than the words themselves (meaningless individually in this case): In Veno's Dark Tongue, associations strike as grammatical in zodrak hu "dog" versus hu zodrak "cat".		A pure anathetic language would rather focus on the combinations of words than the words themselves (meaningless individually in this case): In Veno's Dark Tongue, associations strike as grammatical in zodrak hu "dog" versus hu zodrak "cat".
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	~~Mixed Breed Dark Tongue:~~
	~~''gog yoguguluk dash'' /ɠɔɠ ɥoɠuɠuɠuluk daʃ/~~


	~~Pure Breed Dark Tongue:~~
	~~''kꜣ̥k yꜣ̥kwkwlwk tsh'' /ƙħ̩ƙ ɥ̊ħ̩ƙʷƙʷlʷƙ tʃ/~~



	Anathesis: In Portuguese, ''ca'' alone means nothing, as does ''sa'', yet ''casa'' means "house". Synthesis: In Latin, the particle ''-orum'' means not only [genitive], but also [plural] and [masculine]/[neuter]. Agglutination, on the other hand, is the neutral morphological nature.		Anathesis: In Portuguese, ''ca'' alone means nothing, as does ''sa'', yet ''casa'' means "house". Synthesis: In Latin, the particle ''-orum'' means not only [genitive], but also [plural] and [masculine]/[neuter]. Agglutination, on the other hand, is the neutral morphological nature.



	degrees of purity		degrees of purity

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	Vocabulary drawn from the Lovecraft Mythos, Tolkien's Legendarium ...		Vocabulary drawn from the Lovecraft Mythos, Tolkien's Legendarium ...

	~~rleh~~ "city", ~~kthullu "god", galrog~~ "demon", ~~nazg "ring", gul~~ "ghost", ~~shug~~ "goat"~~, nugurath "black",~~		''rꜣlyẙh khlw̥hllw'' "city", ''kw̥l rw̥k'' "demon", ''ns̥k kw̥l'' "ghost", ''shw̥k nw̥kwrth'' "goat"

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			Mixed Breed Dark Tongue:
			''gog yoguguluk dash'' /ɠɔɠ ɥoɠuɠuɠuluk daʃ/

	~~gog yoguguluk dash /ɠɔɠ ɥoɠuɠuɠuluk daʃ/ [Mixed Breed Dark Tongue]~~

	~~kw̥k yw̥kwkwlwk tꜣ̥sh /ƙŭƙ ɥŭƙʷƙʷlʷƙ tʕ̩ʃ/ [~~Pure Breed Dark Tongue]		Pure Breed Dark Tongue:
			''kꜣ̥k yꜣ̥kwkwlwk tsh'' /ƙħ̩ƙ ɥ̊ħ̩ƙʷƙʷlʷƙ tʃ/

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	*Language rich in intersegmentals and no metasegmentals		*Language rich in intersegmentals and no metasegmentals

	''wl̥krꜣn'' /w̥l̩krħn̥/, ''~~kl̥kt~~'' /~~kl̩kt~~/, ''wr̥l'' /w̥r̩l/, ''kr̥kt'' /kr̩kt/, ''tn̥c'' /tn̩ts/, ''tn̥k'' /tn̩k/ ''nẙx'' /n̥ĭks/, ''lw̥kwky'' /~~l̥w̩kʷkʲ~~/, ''sꜣ̥t'' /sʕ̩t/.		''wl̥krꜣn'' /w̥l̩krħn̥/, ''kl̥x'' /kl̩ks/, ''wr̥l'' /w̥r̩l/, ''kr̥kt'' /kr̩kt/, ''tn̥c'' /tn̩ts/, ''tn̥k'' /tn̩k/ ''nẙx'' /n̥ĭks/, ''lw̥kwky'' /l̥ŭkʷkʲ/, ''sꜣ̥t'' /sʕ̩t/.


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	gog yoguguluk dash /ɠɔɠ ɥoɠuɠuɠuluk daʃ/ [Mixed Breed Dark Tongue]		gog yoguguluk dash /ɠɔɠ ɥoɠuɠuɠuluk daʃ/ [Mixed Breed Dark Tongue]

	kw̥k yw̥kwkwlwk tꜣ̥sh /~~ƙʼw̩ƙ ɥw̩ƙʷƙʷlʷƙ~~ tʕ̩ʃ/ [Pure Breed Dark Tongue]		kw̥k yw̥kwkwlwk tꜣ̥sh /ƙŭƙ ɥŭƙʷƙʷlʷƙ tʕ̩ʃ/ [Pure Breed Dark Tongue]

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	*Language rich in intersegmentals and no metasegmentals		*Language rich in intersegmentals and no metasegmentals

			''wl̥krꜣn'' /w̥l̩krħn̥/, ''kl̥kt'' /kl̩kt/, ''wr̥l'' /w̥r̩l/, ''kr̥kt'' /kr̩kt/, ''tn̥c'' /tn̩ts/, ''tn̥k'' /tn̩k/ ''nẙx'' /n̥ĭks/, ''lw̥kwky'' /l̥w̩kʷkʲ/, ''sꜣ̥t'' /sʕ̩t/.



			A pure anathetic language would rather focus on the combinations of words than the words themselves (meaningless individually in this case): In Veno's Dark Tongue, associations strike as grammatical in zodrak hu "dog" versus hu zodrak "cat".

			A pure magis-synthetic language focuses instead on words of a variety of meanings. In Veno's Bright Tongue, elbī is a genitive of "person".



			gog yoguguluk dash /ɠɔɠ ɥoɠuɠuɠuluk daʃ/ [Mixed Breed Dark Tongue]

			kw̥k yw̥kwkwlwk tꜣ̥sh /ƙʼw̩ƙ ɥw̩ƙʷƙʷlʷƙ tʕ̩ʃ/ [Pure Breed Dark Tongue]



			Anathesis: In Portuguese, ''ca'' alone means nothing, as does ''sa'', yet ''casa'' means "house". Synthesis: In Latin, the particle ''-orum'' means not only [genitive], but also [plural] and [masculine]/[neuter]. Agglutination, on the other hand, is the neutral morphological nature.



			degrees of purity

			important remark: anathesis is not that the components don't have meaning, but that the composition has a novel meaning because of them

	==Phonology==		==Phonology==

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	Trizandir		Trizandir
	Naevalla		Naevalla


			If without D-equilibrium:
			*Language rich in consonants and no vowels
			*Language rich in vowels and no consonants

			*Language rich in intersegmentals and no metasegmentals

	==Phonology==		==Phonology==

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	*only sonorants as coda vs anything as coda except sonorants		*only sonorants as coda vs anything as coda except sonorants
	*constraints		*constraints


			'''The catch is that no Bright or Dark Tongue is fully understood. The former is far too complicated (though steady) to be learned by Men, while the latter is easily taught in vain, as its dialects change rapidly compared to a human's life span.'''


	Dark tongues may access /ɥ/		Dark tongues may access /ɥ/
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	rleh "city", kthullu "god"		Vocabulary drawn from the Lovecraft Mythos, Tolkien's Legendarium ...

			rleh "city", kthullu "god", galrog "demon", nazg "ring", gul "ghost", shug "goat", nugurath "black",

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	==Introduction==		==Introduction==

			Bright Tongue vs Dark Tongue<br>
			*lack of gutturals vs lack of labials
			*synthesis vs agglutination
			*words don't repeat vs words repeat
			*diphthongs allowed vs diphthongs forbidden
			*only sonorants as coda vs anything as coda except sonorants
			*constraints

			Dark tongues may access /ɥ/


			K [associated with choking

			P [associated with kissing


			In Veno's Dark Tongue
			''gog yoguguluk'' "the man speaks to me about them"

			''yo-'' "speak" + ''-gu-'' [first person] + ''-g-'' [epenthetic particle] +''-ul-'' [third person] + ''-uk'' [generic person]


			sebeze paddaen adres nirdasbar vs zhogodosh kaktatona atrosh nurtaskara

			''ídrā naiaris'' "I was bitten by a serpent", ''siverae aebidis'' "I was bitten by a mosquito" ...

			nazil "flower", naevalla "sword"

			belep (nom) bellī (pl) albā (col)<br>
			bel (acc) parabel (pl) ambī (col)<br>
			elbī (gen) il (pl) pasadarvā (col)<br>
			vs
			gog, gog-nagog<br>
			gogash, gog-nagogash<br>
			gogu, gog-nagogu<br>

			*Belep vs gog
			*Balardemea vs kalaradunga


			rleh "city", kthullu "god"


			Laiberim
			Ungrauzuru
			Trizandir
			Naevalla

	==Phonology==		==Phonology==