Word evolution game

[Travis B.]

Let's try to avoid summarily removing whole CV (or greater) syllables from words just because we can...

(As a more minor quibble, obvious affricates are single segments, not segment pairs, even if we write them with multiple IPA symbols without ties.)

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

oops. I effed up that post, sorry! I've edited it to what I intended to type.

[Travis B.]

oops. I effed up that post, sorry! I've edited it to what I intended to type.

I see two sets of brackets in the IPA now, which I assume you didn't intend.

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

...what I intended¹...

¹ for the most part, anyways. I've fixed it again, but hopefully the idea made it across the first time.

[Travis B.]

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

Breaking of long rounded fron vowels.

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

Fronting of vowels before (alveolo)palatal consonants.

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

Prenasalization of voiced geminates.

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

Shift of patalalized alveolars to alveolopalatal consonants.

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

[ɽr] > [ɽː]

[Man in Space]

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

Intervocalic glide fortition

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

Coda fricatives > falling tone

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

Nə^N- > N̩-

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[ˈɕeːɮɛ‿ɛˈɢæ̤l]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash clothing’

Consonant harmony triggered involving dentals and laterals

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

The schwa in the penult deletes with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel; the consonant length in the ensuing cluster was redistributed onto the following vowel to preserve the chroneme aspect in the phonological resolution

[foxcatdog]

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

*g > *kʷ

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

*dj > *j

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

*ɔw > ʕ

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[ˈɕeːɮɛ‿ɛˈqæ̤l]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash clothing’

*ɢ > *q

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

long vowel breaking

[Man in Space]

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

palatalization of velars before front vowels

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[ˈî]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; country’

contraction of *jE sequences

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[m̩bba]
zhbme
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate; courage, outspokenness’

vocalization of *ʕV sequences

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[ˈɕeːɮɛ‿ɛˈqæ̤ɮ]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash, prepare, or clean via mechanical processes involving liquids (transitive)’

progressive lateral harmony within the phonetic unit

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[ˈɟuaʈʂɽie]
njathazhdirö
‘a type of sign which indicates a business is open; (vulgar) derogatory term implying a woman has loose sexual morals’

loss of prenasalization on stops

[foxcatdog]

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

*cʷ > *tʂ

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[ˈhî]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; country’

initial *h added

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[m̩ppa]
zhbme
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate; courage, outspokenness’

*bb > *pp

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[ˈɕweɮɛ‿ɛˈqæ̤ɮ]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash, prepare, or clean via mechanical processes involving liquids (transitive)’

*e: > *we

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[ˈɟuaʈʂie]
njathazhdirö
‘a type of sign which indicates a business is open; (vulgar) derogatory term implying a woman has loose sexual morals’

*ɽ lost after retroflexes

[Man in Space]

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

ø y > e i / {e,i}…_

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[hi̥]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; country’

[+syll] > [-vc] / h_#

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[m̩pa]
zhbme
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate; courage, outspokenness’

gemination lost after nasals

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[ɕweɮɛˈqæ̤ɮ]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash, prepare, or clean via mechanical processes involving liquids (transitive)’

hiatus resolution

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[ˈɟyæʈʂie]
njathazhdirö
‘a type of sign which indicates a business is open; (vulgar) derogatory term implying a woman has loose sexual morals’

back vowels front adjacent to palatals (progressively when in hiatus)

[Travis B.]

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

Lengthening of vowels in stressed open syllables.

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[çi̥]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; country’

[h] > [ç] before [j] and front vowels.

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[məpa]
zhbme
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate; courage, outspokenness’

Desyllabicization of syllabic nasals with ejection of a following schwa.

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[ɕweɮɛˈqa̤i̤̯ɮ]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash, prepare, or clean via mechanical processes involving liquids (transitive)’

[æ] > [ai̯]

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[ˈdʑyæʈʂie]
njathazhdirö
‘a type of sign which indicates a business is open; (vulgar) derogatory term implying a woman has loose sexual morals’

[ɟ] > [dʑ]

[foxcatdog]

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

o: > *ua

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[çi̥n]
notchi
‘grounds, plot of land; country’

words with only a single mora acquire a final *n

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[məpe]
zhbme
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate; courage, outspokenness’

*a > *e after labials

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[ɕweɮˈqa̤i̤̯ɮ]
séi'hle wǫgád
‘wash, prepare, or clean via mechanical processes involving liquids (transitive)’

Loss of pretonic vowels

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[ˈʑyæʂie]
njathazhdirö
‘a type of sign which indicates a business is open; (vulgar) derogatory term implying a woman has loose sexual morals’

Deaffrication

[Man in Space]

[ˈsuatʂatʃa]
suaċača
‘a type of domestic marsupial resembling a fox’

progressive vowel harmony: /a u/ ~ /e i/

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[çn̩]
chyn
‘grounds, plot of land; country’

loss of voiceless vowels before voiced sounds

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[mopø]
mope
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate; courage, outspokenness’

vowel roundedness assimilation when P_

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[ɕfeɮˈqa̤i̤̯ɮ]
schfellqûyll
‘wash, prepare, or clean via mechanical processes involving liquids (transitive)’

*w > f / [-vc] _

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[ˈʑyeʂie]
zschuiszii
‘(criminal slang) a method of operation that involves entering a place of business during active, normal business hours to execute one’s gambit’

taboo deformation raising stressed *yæ to [ye] in slang terms

[foxcatdog]

But why does the word reaffricate?

[Man in Space]

But why does the word reaffricate?

An accident on my part. I will fix it.

EDIT: Fixed, my apologies.

[foxcatdog]

We'll see what y'all can do with this word

[ˈma.ma]
momo
"instant noodles"

[Man in Space]

chattǟtie
[xɑˈʰtɛːtɕe]
‘wagon hitch’

[Travis B.]

chattǟtie
[xɑˈʰtsɛːtɕe]
‘wagon hitch’

Alveolar plosives affricate before front vowels.

[Man in Space]

chattǟtie
[xɑˈʰtsɛːtɕi]
‘wagon hitch’

Final mid vowels raise

[Travis B.]

chattǟtie
[xɑˈstsɛːtɕi]
‘wagon hitch’

Preaspiration turns into a homorganic voiceless fricative.