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*pʲ *pʷ *t *ʈ *k *s *ʂ *x *xʷ *βʲ *w *ɹ *l *ɭ *j *mʲ *mʷ *n *ɳ CVN syllable structure where any consonant except the rhotic could occur initially and final consonants were limited to the rhotic and a homorganic nasal which defaults to *n phrase finally. The rhotic isn’t a real phoneme it appears exc...

żwiżŷŷdzor
[ˈryʝ˨˦.roə̯˩]
'femboy'

*z > *r

ũpmöĺžĭ
[ũf.sfacˈco]
‘eye’

Final *e > *o after a coronal

siazěbů
[ˈɻøːj.nø]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

Voiced obstruents become sonorants

żwiżŷŷdzor
[ˈdzyʝ˨˦.dzoə̯˩]
'femboy'

*ʒ > *dz when initial

ũpmöĺžĭ
[ũf.spsaɟˈɟe]
‘eye’

(We've gone in complete circles with this one's vowels)

*i > *e in final open syllables

siazěbů
[ˈʒøːj.zø]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

ʑ > *jz

żwiżŷŷdzor
[ˈʒwʲʝ˨.ʒyː˦.dzo˩r]
‘femboy’

*i > *ʝ in between voiced consonants

ũpmöĺžĭ
[ũf.ʃiaɟˈɟi]
‘eye’

æ > *ia

siazěbů
[ˈʒɛɥ.ʑy:]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

Unstressed diphthongs smooth

þideżŷŷtrù
[ˈʎʒi˨.ʒyː˦.dzro˥˩]
‘femboy’

Vowels in stressed syllables shift

ũpmöĺžĭ
[ũf.fʲœ:ˈɟi]
‘eye’

*øj > *œ:

siazěbů
[ˈʒɛ.ɥy.ʑyβ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

*ʃ lost in between vowels

þideżŷŷtrù
[ˈʎʒe˨.ʑyː˦.dzru˥˩]
‘femboy’

*ðʲ > *ʎ

ũpmöĺžĭ
[ũf.fʲøjˈɟɪ]
‘eye’

Stress shifts to the final syllable.

siazěbů
[ˈjɛ.ʃɥy.ʑyβ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

Stress shifts to the initial syllable

*b *bʲ *p *pʲ *t *tʲ *ʈ *ʈʲ *k *kʲ *kʷ *kʷʲ *pʰ *pʲʰ *tʰ *tʲʰ *ʈʰ *ʈʲʰ *kʰ *kʲʰ *kʷʰ *kʷʲʰ *ts *tsʲ *tʂ *tʂʲ *tsʰ *tsʲʰ *tʂʰ *tʂʲʰ *kxʰ *kxʲʰ *s *sʲ *ʂ *ʂʲ *β *βʲ *ð *ɣ *ɣʲ *l *lʲ *l̰ *l̰ʲ *ʀ̰ *w *ɰ *ɰʲ *w̰ *ɰ̰ *ɰ̰ʲ *m *mʲ *n *nʲ *ɳ *ɳʲ *m̰ *m̰ʲ *n̰ *n̰ʲ *ɳ̰ *ɳ̰ʲ *i *u *e *o *ɛ *ɔ *a CV(nʲ/l/lʲ) syl...

þideżŷŷtrù
[θi˨.dze˨.ʐyː˦.t͜sru˥˩]
‘femboy’

*d > *dz when a voiced consonant is in the following syllable

ũpmöĺžĭ
[ũmˈfø.ʎʒɪ]
‘eye’

*p > *f before front vowels


siazěbů
[iˈʃœi.ʒɵβ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

Palatals eject *i when initial or geminate

tþideŵûûlûh
[t̪ɹi˨.de˨.ɹuː˦.ɫu˥˩]
'femboy'

t̪θ > *t̪ɹ

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnø.tʂi]
"eye"

dʑ > *tʂ

siazbůe
[ˈʃazbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

Final vowels lost leaving behind labiovelarasitation or rounding on the previous consonant

xirelwollos
[t̪θi˨.de˨.ɹuː˦.ɫu˦h]
'femboy'

*o > *u with loss of *w before *u

pulhadzi
[pũˈnø.dʑi]
"eye"

Umlaut

ļiimia
[ˈsʲaz.bwe]
‘ankylosaurid’

*bm > *bw

xirelwollos
[t̪θi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔː˦.ɫɔ˦h]
'femboy'

*s > *h finally

pulhadzi
[pũˈnɔ.dʑi]
"eye"

*a > *ɔ between coronals

ļiimia
[ˈsʲaz.bmɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’

*j > *z before another consonant

xirelwollos
[tsi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔː˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'

*tɕ > *ts

pulhadzi
[puˈna.dʑi]
"breast"

*l > *n

ļiimia
[ˈsʲaj.mːɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’

Amarinisation

Most known words don't go through enough sound changes to justify keeping them around as long as we do. I'd say take someone giving a CV word as an oppurtunity to practice starting from a monosyllabic CV language and see how far you can go with that. Try to figure out how to change *ba to *mœ then c...

If you compare any modern english word to a modern german word you will notice they are quite similar. Yet if you look at any proto germanic word you will notice a bunch of extra syllables which have been lost in both. North germanic languages are similar although they share some differences but the...

We exist in a thread where there's a conspiracy to do Vowel in open/stressed/monosyllable into a long vowel, then break said long vowel often into two syllables something I cannot attest to happening in any language (please correct me if I'm wrong I know of languages losing every initial consonant l...

xirelwollos
[tɕi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔ˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'

*r > *d

pulhadzi
[puˈɮa.dʑi]
"breast"

Lateralisation

ļiimia
[ˈʎ̥aj.mdɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’

*ia > *dɛ

xirelfollos
[ɕi˨.rɛ˨ɹ.fɔ˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'

*kʷ > *f


*pugazi
[puˈza.gi]
"breast"

Velar+Non-Stop Alveolar sequences metathesise

lhoumi
[ˈʎ̥i.mia]
‘ankylosaurid’

*u > *i in contact with a labial + front vowel

New word

*pukasi
[puˈka.si]
“breast”

lhoumi
[ˈʎ̥u.mai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’

*β > *m

vasif
[ˈo.hu.o]
‘ape, hominid’

*s > *h

sijvle
[œyæ]
‘to be vertical’

jɑ -> æ

*ɕ lost

hjluai
[ˈhʎ̥u.βai]
‘Ankylosaurus magniventris’

çl > *hʎ̥

vasif
[ˈho.su.o]
‘ape, hominid’

Labial + *a to Weak/Lost Consonant + *o

sijvle
[ɕœyˈjɑ]
‘to be vertical’

Intervocalic voiced fricatives lost