Word evolution game

[Travis B.]

[ˈðjoe̯]
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

[ðᶣ] > [ðj]

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[ˈnaipje]
nilga
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Glide ejection before front vowels.

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[iʂɒβˈβə]
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

[wv] > [ββ]

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

[ˈðjowe̯]
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

breaking of diphthongs

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[ˈnaippje]
nilga
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

gemination of coda position plosives

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[iʂɒβˈβa]
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

fortition of stressed schwa

[Travis B.]

[ˈʝowe̯]
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

[ðj] > [ʝ]

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[ˈnaipfje]
nilga
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Affrication of voiceless geminates

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[iʂɒbˈba]
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

Fortition of geminate non-sibilant fricatives.

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

[ˈʝowe]
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

syllabification of non-syllabic vowels (oops, forgot to fix that earlier)

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[ˈnaipçe]
nilga
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

[fj] > [ç]

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[iʂɔbˈba]
iṣăbba
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

raising of back vowels adjacent to retroflexes

[Man in Space]

[ˈʝoje]
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

*w > j

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[ˈnaypçe]
nilga
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

*i > y / _P

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[iʂɔmˈba]
iṣăbba
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

*bb > mb

[Travis B.]

[ˈdʒoje]
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

[ʝ] > [dʒ]

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[ˈnɔy̯pçe]
nilga
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

[ay] > [ɔy̯]

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[iʂɔw̃ˈba]
iṣăbba
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

Coda [m] > [w̃]

[Man in Space]

[ˈdʒoje̥]
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

Devoicing of final front vowels after *j

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[ˈnɵːpçe]
nilga
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Diphthong resolution

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[ʂjɔw̃ˈba]
iṣăbba
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

*#iCVC- > #CjVC

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

[ˈdʒøe̥]
jöe
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

[oj] > [ø]

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[ˈnɵːtɕe]
nilga
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

[pç] > [tɕ]

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[ʃɔw̃ˈba]
iṣăbba
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

palatalization

[Man in Space]

[ˈdʒøɕ]
jöe
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

Final voiceless vowels become corresponding fricatives

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[ˈnɵːtɕi]
nilga
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Final *e raises

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[ʃɔw̃ˈ^bma]
iṣăbba
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

Voiced stops become prestopped nasals in a nasal environment before a low vowel

[foxcatdog]

[ˈtsøɕ]
cöj
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

*dʒ > ts in devoicing environments

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[ˈnɵːjtɕ]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Ci# > jC#

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[ʃʊ̃ˈ^bma]
shʊba
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

Reduction of prestressed syllables to minor syllables

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

[ˈsøɕ]
cöj
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

deafrication

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[ˈnɘːjtɕ]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

unrounding of non-back vowels

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[ʃʊ̃ˈ^bm^wa]
shʊba
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

labialization of labial prestopped nasals

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the words above still have plenty of life left in them and i'm opting we still continue them, however as they have all been reduced to one or two syllables it's becoming hard to move any one part of the word in any one direction without getting your toes stepped on by someone else. thus, i'd like to add two new, substantially larger words to play with.

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[ˈsʲei̯ʔɬɛ ɸ̞ʌˈɢæ̤d̪]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash clothing’

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[^ɲɟ̃ãˈθaʒɖɪɽrœ̆]
njathazhdirö
‘fire, light’

[Man in Space]

[ˈsø̥ɕ]
cöj
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

Devoicing of front vowels when before a voiceless sibilant in final position

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[ˈnɘːɕtɕ]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Devoicing of *j before a palatal continuant

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[ʒ^bm^wa]
shʊba
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

Unstressed pretonic vowels drop (plus assimilation as cleanup)

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[ˈsʲeːi̯ɬɛ ɸ̞ʌˈɢæ̤d̪]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash clothing’

Loss of glottal stop with compensatory lengthening

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[^ɲɟ̃ãˈθaʐɖɪɽrœ̆]
njathazhdirö
‘fire, light’

Regressive POA assimilation

[foxcatdog]

[ˈsɕ]
cöj
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

Voiceless vowels deleted

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[ˈnjuɕtɕ]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

*ɘː > *ju

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[ʒ^bm^wɛ]
zhbme
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

*a > *ɛ in open syllables

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[ˈsʲeːi̯ɬɛ ɸ̞ʌˈqæ̤d̪]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash clothing’

Devoicing of uvulars

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[^ɲcãˈθaʂʈɪɽrœ̆]
njathazhdirö
‘a type of sign which indicates a business is open’

Devoicing of all obstruents

[Man in Space]

[ˈscɕ]
cöj
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

Epenthesis of [c] between two sibilants of which the second is palatal

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[juɕtɕ]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

*n > Ø / _jV

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[ʒ^bmœ]
zhbme
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

*^wɛ > œ

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[ˈsʲeːɬɬɛ ɸ̞ʌˈqæ̤d̪]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash clothing’

Offglide > gemination

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[^ɲcãˈfaʂʈɪɽrœ̆]
njathazhdirö
‘a type of sign which indicates a business is open’

Th-fronting

[foxcatdog]

[ˈstʃ^w]
cöj
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

*cɕ > tʃ^w

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[juɕ:]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

*ɕtɕ > ɕ:

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[^bmœ]
zhbme
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

Loss of preinitials

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[ˈsʲeːɮɛ ɸ̞ʌˈqæ̤d̪]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash clothing’

Geminates become singular voiced consonants

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[^ɲcãˈfaʂʈɪɽre]
njathazhdirö
‘a type of sign which indicates a business is open’

*œ̆ > *e

[Travis B.]

[ˈsutʃ]
cöj
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

Conversion of labialization into an epenthetic [u]

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[dʒuɕ:]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

[j] > [dʒ]

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[bəˈmœ]
zhbme
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

Breaking of prestopping into a separate syllable containing a stop and an epenthetic vowel.

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[ˈsʲeːɮɛ fʌˈqæ̤d̪]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash clothing’

[ɸ̞] > [f]

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[^ɲɟãˈfaʂʈɪɽre]
njathazhdirö
‘a type of sign which indicates a business is open’

Voicing of prenasalized consonants.

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

[ˈsutʃə]
cöj
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

schwa insertion after word-final consonants

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[dʒuʑ:]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

voicing of geminates

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[bəˈmɔ̆ɛ̆]
zhbme
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

breaking of front round vowels

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[ˈsʲeːɮɛ fʌˈqæ̤ð]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash clothing’

lenition following breathy voiced vowels

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[^ɲɟãˈfaʈʂɪɽre]
njathazhdirö
‘a type of sign which indicates a business is open’

[ʂʈ] > [ʈʂ]

[foxcatdog]

[ˈsotʃo]
cöj
'a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox'

*uCə > oCo

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[dʒu:ʑ]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Geminates lost lenghtening the previous vowel

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[məˈwɔ̆ɛ̆]
zhbme
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

*b...m > *m...w

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[ˈsʲeːɮɛ fɛˈqæ̤ð]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash clothing’

*ʌ > *ɛ

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[^ɲɟãˈaʈʂɪɽre]
njathazhdirö
‘a type of sign which indicates a business is open’

*f lost

[Man in Space]

[ˈsøtʃø]
cöj
‘a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox’

[+vowel -front +round] > [+front] / [+coronal] _

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[dʒúʑ]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Vowel length to tone

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[məˈbbɔɛ̯]
zhbme
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

*w > bb / V_V

This fortition is what ALL true reflexes strive FOR

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[ˈsʲeːɮɛ‿ɛˈqæ̤ð]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash clothing’

Fricatives in minor syllables elide when following an open syllable creating an altered phonological unit

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[ˈ^ɲɟaʈʂɪɽre]
njathazhdirö
‘a type of sign which indicates a business is open’

Loss of unstressed vowels in hiatus with a stressed one

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

[ˈsøːtʃø]
cöj
‘a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox’

lengthening of stressed open syllables

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[ˈdjúʑ]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

[ʒ] > [j] before close vowels

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[məˈbbɔwɛ̯]
zhbme
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

breaking of diphthongs

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[ˈsʲeːɮɛ‿ɛˈɢæ̤ð]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash clothing’

voicing of intervocalic voiceless plosives

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[ˈ^ɲɟaʈʂəɽre]
njathazhdirö
‘a type of sign which indicates a business is open’

reduction of minor post-stress vowels