Word evolution game

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thiƀæůdti
[ˈs͎eːwɒqχ]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Lowering of vowels adjacent to uvulars.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎eːjɒqχ]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

*w > j
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śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎eːʝɒqχ]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

j > ʝ
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎eːʝɶqχ]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

back vowels front following palatal consonants.
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śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎eːdʑɶqχ]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

ʝ > dʑ
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎eːdʑɶʔχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

*q > ʔ
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śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎ēːdʑɶ̌ʔχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Glottalization conditions rising tone, with other syllables having mid tone.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎ēːdʑø̌æ̯ʔχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Uvular affectation
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śeeiôqj
[ˈtēːdʑø̌æ̯ʔχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Uvular affectation
*s > *t
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śeeiôqj
[ˈtēːʑø̌æ̯ʔχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Deaffrication following long vowels
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śeeiôqj
[ˈtēːʑø̌ʔχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Monophthongisation
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śeeiôqj
[ˈtēːʑˤø̌χ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Coda laryngeals > emphatic onset
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New Word
[tsɔ̃ˈdã́n]
xǫtán
“catkin orange”
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śeeiôqj
[ˈtējʑˤø̌χ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

breaking of long vowels.

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xǫtán
[tsɔ̃ˈdã́]
‘catkin orange’

loss of coda nasals adjacent to nasalized vowels.
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śeeiôqj
[ˈtɐ̄jʑˤø̌χ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Diphthongal dissimilation

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xǫtán
[tsɔ̃ˈnã́]
‘catkin orange’

*Z > N / [+nas] _ [+nas]
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śeeiôqj
[ˈtɐ̄ʒˤø̌χ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

jʑ > ʒ

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xǫtán
[sɔ̃ˈnã́]
‘catkin orange’

deaffrication of word-initial affricates.
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śeeiôqj
[ˈtɐ̀ʒˤǿχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Spreading of contour tones

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xǫtán
[hɔ̃ˈnã́]
‘catkin orange’

Debuccalization of *s-
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śeeiôqj
[ˈtɐ̀ːʒˤǿχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

lengthening of stressed vowels in open syllables.

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xǫtán
[ɸɔ̃ˈnã́]
‘catkin orange’

[h] > [ɸ] before round vowels.
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śeeiôqj
[ˈtə̀ɨ̯ʒˤǿχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Breaking of long vowels

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xǫtán
[ɸə̃ˈnã́]
‘catkin orange’

Reduction of unstressed vowels
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śeeiôqj
[ˈtə̀ɨ̯ʃˤǿ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Loss of voiceless fricatives and devoicing of voiced fricatives

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xǫtán
[ɸəˈnáŋ]
‘catkin orange’

Nasalisation lost on vowels ejecting a coda *-ŋ when final
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