Phrase evolution game

[Otto Kretschmer]

This is a copy of a CBB. Every person applies a handful of phonetic changes to the phrase below. One may also apply morphological or syntactic changes but they dhould be rarer...
s -
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres

['Gallia est 'omnis di'viza in 'partes 'tres]

1. Rhotacism [s] - [r] at the end of words
2. [mn] to [mm]
3. Prosthetic [j] before [e]

Gallia iest ommir divisa in parter trer

['Gallia jest 'ommir di'viza in 'parter 'trer]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

This is a copy of a CBB. Every person applies a handful of phonetic changes to the phrase below. One may also apply morphological or syntactic changes but they dhould be rarer
s -
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres

['Gallia est 'omnis di'viza in 'partes 'tres]

1. Rhotacism [s] - [r] at the end of words
2. [mn] to [mm]
3. Prosthetic [j] before [e]

Gallia iest ommir divisa in parter trer

['Gallia jest 'ommir di'viza in 'parter 'trer]

Sounds fun!

(1) Lengthening of vowels prerhotically
(2) Nasalisation of vowels before coda nasal and deletion of the subsequent vowel with compensatory lengthening.

Gallia iest õmîr divisa in partêr trêr.
['gal.lia jest 'õː.miːr di'vi.za in parteːr treːr]

[Vilike]

Gallia iest õmîr divisa in partêr trêr.
['gal.lia jest 'õː.miːr di'vi.za in parteːr treːr]

1. Geminated resonants are pre-stopped
2. Initial clusters are broken up with a (short) copy of the following vowel
3. Final clusters are simplified

Gadlia ies õmîr divisa in partêr terêr.
['ga.ᵈlia jes 'õː.miːr di'vi.za in parteːr tereːr]

[Otto Kretschmer]

A slight change in word order

Gadlia õmîr ies divisa in terêr partêr
['ga.ᵈlia õː.miːr jes di'vi.za in tereːr parteːr,]

[quinterbeck]

Gadlia õmîr ies divisa in terêr partêr
['ga.ᵈlia õː.miːr jes di'vi.za in tereːr parteːr,]

1. Reduction of mid and open vowels in unstressed syllables
2. Fortition of nasals after nasal vowels to voiced stops
3. v > β

Gadliə õbîr iəs divisa in tərêr partêr
['ga.ᵈliə 'õː.biːr jəs di'βi.zə in tə'reːr 'parteːr]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

1. Reduction of mid and open vowels in unstressed syllables
2. Fortition of nasals after nasal vowels to voiced stops
3. v > β

Gadliə õbîr iəs divisa in tərêr partêr
['ga.ᵈliə 'õː.biːr jəs di'βi.zə in tə'reːr 'parteːr]

(1) Loss of terminal nasals from unstressed syllables.
(2) Long non-nasal vowels become diphthongs, /eː/ > /ie/, /iː/ > /ei/
(3) Loss of schwa, lengthening a preceding vowel, denasalisation of long vowels
(4) Intervocalic /b β/ merge.

Gadlie ôbeir ies divise i trier partier
['ga.ᵈliː oːβeir iːs di'βiːz i trier par'tier]

[bradrn]

Oh, so we’re doing this game again? Excellent!

Gadlie ôbeir ies divise i trier partier
['ga.ᵈliː oːβeir iːs di'βiːz i trier par'tier]

1. /r/ → /ɐ̆/ in coda
2. Long vowel and diphthong shortening
3. Final vowel loss with transphonologisation of height+rounding onto previous vowel and compensatory lengthening

Gadle ober is divez i trir parter. (more historical)
Gädl öbr is divz i trir pärtr. (more phonetic)
[ɡæːᵈl ɤːβɐ̆ is diːβz i triɐ̆ pæːɐ̆tɐ̆]

[Vilike]

Gadle ober is divez i trir parter. (more historical)
Gädl öbr is divz i trir pärtr. (more phonetic)
[ɡæːᵈl ɤːβɐ̆ is diːβz i triɐ̆ pæːɐ̆tɐ̆]

1. Coda prestopped resonants become simple stops
2. Coda /β/ falls off

Gäd öbr is diz i trir pärtr. (more phonetic)
[ɡæːd ɤːβɐ̆ is diːz i triɐ̆ pæːɐ̆tɐ̆]

[Zju]

1. Coda prestopped resonants become simple stops
2. Coda /β/ falls off

Gäd öbr is diz i trir pärtr. (more phonetic)
[ɡæːd ɤːβɐ̆ is diːz i triɐ̆ pæːɐ̆tɐ̆]

1. ɐ̆ merges to a
2. Final devoicing
3. Spelling reform towards the 'proper' language of the ancients

Gadl õmer is divis in trêr parter.
[ɡæːt ɤːβa is diːs i tria pæːata]

[dɮ the phoneme]

Gadl õmer is divis in trêr parter.
[ɡæːt ɤːβa is diːs i tria pæːata]

(0. stress assigned based on left-aligned moraic trochees. The copula (is), as well as function words (in) are parsed as enclitics. Thus [(ɡæːt) (ˈɤː.βa)is (ˈdiː.si) (ˈtri.a) (ˈpæː.a)ta].)

1. all vowels delete word finally in metrically weak or unfooted syllables
2. high vowels delete in metrically weak or unfooted syllables anywhere in a word
3. coda fricatives lenite to [h~ɦ] after a vowel, coda stops lenite to [ʔ] in the same environment
4. Vh Vʔ > V̤̀ V́

note that the copula is now expressed by a floating tone

Gadl õmer's divis in trêr parter.
[ɡǽː ɤ̄ːβà̤ dīːs trī pǣːá]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Gadl õmer is divis in trêr parter.
[ɡæːt ɤːβa is diːs i tria pæːata]

(0. stress assigned based on left-aligned moraic trochees. The copula (is), as well as function words (in) are parsed as enclitics. Thus [(ɡæːt) (ˈɤː.βa)is (ˈdiː.si) (ˈtri.a) (ˈpæː.a)ta].)

1. all vowels delete word finally in metrically weak or unfooted syllables
2. high vowels delete in metrically weak or unfooted syllables anywhere in a word
3. coda fricatives lenite to [h~ɦ] after a vowel, coda stops lenite to [ʔ] in the same environment
4. Vh Vʔ > V̤̀ V́

note that the copula is now expressed by a floating tone

Gadl õmer's divis in trêr parter.
[ɡǽː ɤ̄ːβà̤ dīːs trī pǣːá]

(1) Long vowel chain shift [æ:] > [ɛː], [ɤː] > [oː], bit [iː] is unaffected
(2) Shortening of initial elements in a diphthong, [ɛːa] > [ɛa]
(3) Dialectal form of divis intrudes, in which the medial [β] shifted to [w], then [iwi] > [yː]

Gêdl ômer dŷs in trî partêr
[gɛ́ːōːβà̤ dȳːs trī pɛá]

[Otto Kretschmer]

Deould you like a single letion of final [s]

Gêdl ômer dŷs in trî partêr
[gɛ́ːōːβà̤ dȳː trī pɛá]

Are we at the stage of French already?

Guys, when the next sentence comes up, would you like a single sentence or something longer like Schleicher's fable length?

[Zju]

Deletion of final [s]

Gêdl ômer dŷs in trî partêr
[gɛ́ːōːβà̤ dȳː trī pɛá]

Are we at the stage of French already?

I think we're way past French already.

0. No longer spelling <in> - dropped out a while ago
1. Onset glide prothesis
2. Shift in word order
3. New word for in, ultimately from intra 'inside'

Ômer Gêdl dŷs ita trî partêr.
[wōːβà̤ gɛ́ː dȳː jītā trī pɛʕá]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

I think we're way past French already.

0. No longer spelling <in> - dropped out a while ago
1. Onset glide prothesis
2. Shift in word order
3. New word for in, ultimately from intra 'inside'

Ômer Gêdl dŷs ita trî partêr.
[wōːβà̤ gɛ́ː dȳː jītā trī pɛʕá]

1. Palatalisation of [g] > [dʒ] and [d] > [dz] before front vowels
2. Deletion of intervocalic voiced fricatives
3. Glottal stop deletion, compensatory lengthening of preceding vowels
3.1. Orthography changed to reflect some changes

Wôer Gêdl zŷs yita tri pêr
[wōːwà̤ dʒɛ́ː dzȳː jītā trī pɛː.á]

[dɮ the phoneme]

Ômer Gêdl dŷs ita trî partêr.
[wōːβà̤ gɛ́ː dȳː jītā trī pɛʕá]

Unless you've moved the copula to V2 position, I think [wōːβà̤] should actually be [wōːβā]. That low tone is the copula, at least per my revision.

[Otto Kretschmer]

I repeat, next would you like a single sentence, two or three or something longer like Schleicher's fable length?

[Vilike]

Schleicher is way too long. Something like three sentences, yes.

[Otto Kretschmer]

Then do you think should be the time for a new phrase?

[Zju]

Ômer Gêdl dŷs ita trî partêr.
[wōːβà̤ gɛ́ː dȳː jītā trī pɛʕá]

Unless you've moved the copula to V2 position, I think [wōːβà̤] should actually be [wōːβā]. That low tone is the copula, at least per my revision.

Right. I honestly lost track of all previous synchronic rules. Feel free to correct it.
I concur that a single sentence is too short, but Schleicher's fable is too long. Something like 20 words is more like it.

[Otto Kretschmer]

I may provide it already if you have appetite for something Proto Germanic

Ainaz furi mahtigaz kuningaz Wiljahelmaz sat ana hausetijai andi lokode at ruinoz sinas kuningadomas. Kuningaz wisse ne hwat iz skulde doną

['ɑinɑz furi 'mɑxti:gɑz 'kuningɑz 'wiljɑhelmɑz sɑt ɑna 'hɑusetijɑi ɑndi 'lɔ:kɔ:de ɑt ruinɔ:z 'si:nɑs 'kuningɑdɔ:mas. 'kuningɑz :wisse: ne xwɑt i:z 'skulde: 'dɔnɑ̃]

1. Change of phonotactics to penultimate syllabe with strong syllabe timing

['ɑinɑz 'fu'ri mɑ'xti:gɑz ku'ningɑz wiljɑ'helmɑz sɑt ɑnɑ hɑu'setijɑi ɑndi lɔ:'kɔ:de ɑt 'ruinɔ:z 'si:nɑs kuningɑ'dɔ:mas. Ku'ningɑz 'wisse: ne xwɑt i:z 'skulde: dɔnɑ̃]

This is slightly more than 20 words. Pick it up already or do a few more changes to the previous one and then take it.