Word evolution game

[Lērisama]

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

χʷ → hw

[Man in Space]

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

Metathesis

[Travis B.]

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

Opening of [w] in codas.

[Man in Space]

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

Fortition of final *j

[Travis B.]

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

Dissimilation of diphthong nuclei from offglides.

[Man in Space]

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

Regressive roundness assimilation in diphthongs

[Travis B.]

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

Labialization before and after rounded vowels.

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

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

vowel chain shift.

[Travis B.]

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

hʷ > f

[Starbeam]

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

Word-final devoicing

[Travis B.]

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

Palatalization of coronals before front vowels.

[Lērisama]

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

Deaffrication

[Travis B.]

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

Chain shift of alveolar sibilants to interdentals and alveolopalatal sibilants to alveolar sibilants.

[Man in Space]

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

Diphthongs beginning with a front vowel fricativize it, resolving the resultant environment by syllabifying the coda, and shifting all moraic tone to the right in doing it

(I hope this is not beyond the pale. It’s the deletion of the nucleus in this case and how the resulting mess phonetically resolves.)

[Travis B.]

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

vz > ðʷ

[Man in Space]

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

Loss of final consonants

[Lērisama]

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

Delabialisation

[Man in Space]

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

*ð > n

[Lērisama]

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

Low tone → creaky voice on the stressed syllable, all other tone is lost

[Travis B.]

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

Insertion of glides after stressed tense vowels.