Word evolution game

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

Back vowels acquire an onglide when the next syllable starts with an alveolar consonant
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dhùzè
[njuˈzḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

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

*n > l / _V
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dhùzè
[ʎuˈzḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

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

vowels front before palatals.
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dhùzè
[ʎyˈrḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

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

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

dorsals front before front vowels.
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lyùrèg
[ʎyˈɣḛk]
‘moniker for a specific state government model; (colloquial) authoritarian or demanding policies'

semantic shift
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lyùrèg
[jyˈɣḛk]
‘moniker for a specific state government model; (colloquial) authoritarian or demanding policies'

delateralization.
Starbeam wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2026 1:48 pm semantic shift
I should note that things like semantic shifts and spelling reforms are the equivalent of flavor text; feel free to make those sorts of changes along with phonological changes.
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lyùrèg
[jyˈɣḛs]
‘moniker for a specific state government model; (colloquial) authoritarian or demanding policies'

*k > s / E_#
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lyùrèg
[ʝyˈɣḛk]
‘moniker for a specific state government model; (colloquial) authoritarian or demanding policies'

Frication of palatal glides.
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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lyùrèg
[ʝɣḛk]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Deletion of unstressed pretonic vowels.
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lyùrèg
[ʝɣeʔk]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Creaky voice turning into (pre)glottalization.
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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lyùrèg
[ʝeʔk]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Tonguederdome: Two dorsals enter, one dorsal leaves
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lyùrèg
[ɟʝeʔk]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Affrication of palatal fricatives.
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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lyùrèg
[ɟʝeʔc]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Dorsal harmony
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lyùrèg
[ˈɟʝeʔec]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Epenthesis of an echo vowel.
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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lyùrèg
[ˈɟʝecec]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Echo assimilation of the glottal stop
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jjecec
[ˈɟʝɯcɯc]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

*e > *ɯ
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