Word evolution game

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

Loss of pharyngeal coärticulation

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xǫtán
[ɸəˈáŋ]
‘catkin orange’

Loss of intervocalic voiced stops
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śeeiôqj
[ˈtə̀jɨ̯ʃǿ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

breaking of diphthongs.

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xǫtán
[wəˈáŋ]
‘catkin orange’

[ɸ] > [w]
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śeeiôqj
[ˈtə̀jɨ́ʃ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Final vowels lost

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xǫtán
[gʷəˈáŋ]
‘catkin orange’

*w > *gʷ when initial or after a nasal
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tö’űx
[ˈtə̀ʔɨ́ʃ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

*j > ʔ

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qág
[gʷáŋ]
‘catkin orange’

Unstressed vowels lost
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tö’űx
[ˈtə̀ɨ́ʃ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

ʔ → ∅

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qág
[gʷə́ŋ]
‘catkin orange’

Closed syllable neutralisation
LZ – Lēri Ziwi
PS – Proto Sāzlakuic (ancestor of LZ)
PRk – Proto Rākēwuic
XI – Xú Iạlan
VN – verbal noun
SUP – supine
DIRECT – verbal directional
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tö’űx
[ˈtə̀ɰɨ́ʃ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Epenthesis.

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qág
[gʷə̃́]
‘catkin orange’

Elision of coda nasals, leaving preceding nasalized vowels.
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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tö’űx
[ˈtə̀ɣɨ́ʃ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

Spirantization of liquids before high vowels

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qág
[wə̃́]
‘catkin orange’

*gʷ > w
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tö’űx
[ˈtə̀ʁɨ́ʃ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

Backing of velar fricatives.

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qág
[ṹ]
‘catkin orange’

wə > u
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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tö’űx
[ˈtɤ̀ʁíʃ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

Place assimilation of central vowels to their environment
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tö’űx
[ˈtɤ̀ːʁíʃ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

Lengthening of vowels in stressed open syllables.
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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tö’űx
[ˈtɤ̀ːʁéʃ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

High-tone high vowels lower in unstressed ultimas
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tö’űx
[ˈtɤ̀ːéʃ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

*ʁ lost
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tö’űx
[ˈtɤ̀éːʃ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

Length metathesis in hiatus
LZ – Lēri Ziwi
PS – Proto Sāzlakuic (ancestor of LZ)
PRk – Proto Rākēwuic
XI – Xú Iạlan
VN – verbal noun
SUP – supine
DIRECT – verbal directional
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tö’űx
[ˈtɤ̀éː]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

Final *ʃ lost
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tö’űx
[ˈtɤ̀ʝéː]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

Epenthetic [ʝ] inserted before front vowels in hiatus.
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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tö’űx
[tɤ̀ˈʝéː]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

Stress reässigned to long vowels
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tö’űx
[tʝěː]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

Loss of unstressed vowels, with tones floating rightwards
LZ – Lēri Ziwi
PS – Proto Sāzlakuic (ancestor of LZ)
PRk – Proto Rākēwuic
XI – Xú Iạlan
VN – verbal noun
SUP – supine
DIRECT – verbal directional
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tö’űx
[tɕěː]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

Merger of stops followed by fricatives into affricates with voicing assimilation.
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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tö’űx
[tɕè]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

Long vowels with rising tone shorten and become low-toned
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tö’űx
[tɕèjə̀]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority; moniker for a specific head of state whose policies were famously authoritarian and draconian’

e > ejə in stressed open syllables.
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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