Word evolution game

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Travis B.
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hihe
[ˈtəʝeq]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Epenthesis.
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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hihe
[ˈteʝeq]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model’

Assimilation of stressed schwa
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hihe
[teˈʝe]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model’

Final weak consonants lost causing stress to shift to that syllable
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hihe
[teˈʝej]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model’

Offglides develop after final mid 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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tejhe
[taˈʝi]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model’

Mid vowel loss.
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tejhe
[taˈi]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model’

Palatal fricatives delete before front vowels
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[taˈʔi]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model’

Epenthesis.
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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tejhe
[ˈtʔi]
'rich people getting poorer’

Unstressed vowel loss
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tejhe
[tiˈʔi]
'rich people getting poorer’

Epenthesis.
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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tejhe
[ti˩.ʔi˥]
'rich people getting poorer’

Stress converts to pitch accent
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tejhe
[tsi˩.ʔi˥]
'rich people getting poorer’

Assibilation of [t] before [i].
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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tejhe
[tsi˩.hi˥]
'rich people getting poorer’

Merger of glottals
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tejhe
[tsi˩˥]
'rich people getting poorer’

Intervocalic *h deletes, with like vowels merging and contouring of the tones differ
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tejhe
[tsiç˩˥]
'rich people getting poorer’

Insertion of voiceless palatal fricatives after final [i].
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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tejhe
[tsi̥ç]

'rich people getting poorer’

High vowels devoice between voiceless segments
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tejhe
[tsç]

'rich people getting poorer’
Devoiced vowels become artifacts of analysis
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tejhe
[tsəç]

'rich people getting poorer’

Epenthesis.
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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tejhe
[tseç]
'rich people getting poorer'

fortition of stressed schwa.
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tejhe
[cçeç]
'rich people getting poorer'

Lag assimilation of POA in coronal/palatal POA
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cheç
[cçe:]
'rich people getting poorer'

Final nonsibilant fricatives lost with compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel
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