Word evolution game

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tcèyè
[tɕèjè]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

schwa becomes an echo vowel.
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tcèyè
[tɕèdʑè]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

j > 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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cèjè
[ɕèdʑè]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Initial affricates lose the stop and become plain fricatives.
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cèjè
[ˈɕèdʑɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Initial stress with laxing of vowels in non-initial 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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cèjè
[ˈɕètɕɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

devoicing of affricates.
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cèjè
[ˈɕèːtɕɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

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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cèjè
[ˈɕèːtʃɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

alveopalatal consonants > postalveolar consonants when not preceding front high or front mid vowels.
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cèjè
[ˈɕàjtʃɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

[eː] > [aj]
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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cèjè
[ˈɕàtʃjɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Metathesis
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cèjè
[ˈɕàtːʃɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Loss of j in VCjV sequences with compensatory gemination.
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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cèjè
[ˈɕàːtʃɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

gemination is lost, with compensatory lengthening on the preceding vowel.
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cèjè
[ˈɕàːtʃɛ̌]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Tone dissimilation
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cèjè
[ˈɕàːtʃɛ̀jɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

breaking of vowels with multi-step tone.
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cèjè
[ˈɕòːtʃɛ̀jɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

aː > oː
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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cèjè
[ˈɕòːtʃɛ̀tʃɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

*j > tʃ / tʃ…_
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cèjè
[ˈɕòːʃɛ̀tʃɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Affricates after long vowels deaffricate.
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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cèjè
[ˈɕø̀ːʃɛ̀tʃɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

back vowels front before palatal consonants.
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cèjè
[ˈɕœ̀ʏ̯̀ʃɛ̀tʃɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

øː > œʏ̯
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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cèjè
[ˈɕœ̀ʏ̯̀ʃìtʃɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Mid vowels raise following a syllable with a high vowel/offglide
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cèjè
[ˈɕœ̀ʏ̯̀ʒìtʃɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Intervocalic fricatives voice.
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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