Word evolution game

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Travis B.
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cheç
[cçaj]
'rich people getting poorer'

[e:] > [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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I predicted that would happen.
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[cçɔj]
'rich people getting poorer'

*a > *ɔ in closed syllables
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cheç
[cçœj]
‘rich people getting poorer’

Umlaut
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cheç
[cçøe̯]
‘rich people getting poorer’

Hight harmonisation
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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cheç
[tɕøe̯]
‘rich people getting poorer’

Assibilation of palatal affricates.
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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cheç
[tɕwø]
‘rich people getting poorer’

Diphthong resolution: multiphthongs that begin with a palatal element delete when following a palatal consonant while ejecting the rounding, if any, onto its environs (here labializing the onset and rounding *e to [ø])
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cheç
[tɕwø]
‘rich people getting poorer’

Unpacking labiovelars
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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cheç
[tɕpø]
‘rich people getting poorer’

Glide fortition in the onset following a tautosyllabic voiceless consonant
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cheç
[tɕpowe]
‘rich people getting poorer’

ø > owe
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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cheç
[powe]
‘rich people getting poorer’

*tɕp > *p
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cheç
[pope]
‘rich people getting poorer’

*p…w > p…p
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cheç
[pfofːe]
‘rich people getting poorer’

High German consonant shift.
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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cheç
[pfofːe̥]
‘rich people getting poorer’

Devoicing of final vowels after geminate fricatives
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pope
[pofːe̥]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Unshifted [p] spreads from a dialect that didn't undergo the shift as part of a koineisation process.
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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pope
[pʰofːe̥]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

A compromise develops where initial /p/ is aspirated.
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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pope
[pʰofː]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Devoiced vowels lost

Quite a change from
chattǟtie
[xɑˈʰtɛːtɕe]
‘wagon hitch’
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pope
[pʰofə]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

word-final gemenation > schwa
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pope
[ɸohə]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Chainshift Tenuis Stop > Aspirated Stop > Non-Sibilant Fricative > *h
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pope
[ɸoχə]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

h > χ
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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