Word evolution game

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And I should emphasize that a single word should be able to last for months ─ our goal here is not to destroy words as fast as possible as we have seen here.
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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xirelwollos
[tɕi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔ˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'

*r > *d

pulhadzi
[puˈɮa.dʑi]
"breast"

Lateralisation

ļiimia
[ˈʎ̥aj.mdɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’

*ia > *dɛ
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xirelwollos
[tɕi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔː˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'

Lengthening of vowels in high tone open syllables.

pulhadzi
[puˈla.dʑi]
"breast"

ɮ > l

(Oh and please, I know you like arbitrarily turning non-laterals into laterals, but aside from with rhotics this is a quite uncommon sound change, so please don't do it that often.)

ļiimia
[ˈʎ̥aj.mːɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’

Reduction of clusters to geminates.
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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We exist in a thread where there's a conspiracy to do Vowel in open/stressed/monosyllable into a long vowel, then break said long vowel often into two syllables something I cannot attest to happening in any language (please correct me if I'm wrong I know of languages losing every initial consonant like pama nguyan but and even languages converting long vowels into vowel + hard consonant sequences like faroese or even long vowel + glide to long vowel + syllabic glide (the language I am using right now) but predominantly CVCV languages becoming CVCVCV languages without the addition of derivation/compounding/noun class is something I've never seen)
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We need a way of introducing new syllables somehow, with how some people insist on reducing the syllable count at like every opportunity.
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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Most known words don't go through enough sound changes to justify keeping them around as long as we do. I'd say take someone giving a CV word as an oppurtunity to practice starting from a monosyllabic CV language and see how far you can go with that. Try to figure out how to change *ba to *mœ then change it to *mwe and have it eventually end up *fja instead of just going *bo > *baw > *bawa in three posts.
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xirelwollos
[tsi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔː˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'

*tɕ > *ts

pulhadzi
[puˈna.dʑi]
"breast"

*l > *n

ļiimia
[ˈsʲaj.mːɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’

Amarinisation
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xirelwollos
[t̪θi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔː˦.ɫɔ˦s]
'femboy'

ts > t̪θ

pulhadzi
[pũˈna.dʑi]
"breast"

Regressive nasalizatiob

ļiimia
[ˈsʲaj.bmɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’

mː > bm
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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xirelwollos
[t̪θi˨.dɛ˨ɹ.wɔː˦.ɫɔ˦h]
'femboy'

*s > *h finally

pulhadzi
[pũˈnɔ.dʑi]
"eye"

*a > *ɔ between coronals

ļiimia
[ˈsʲaz.bmɛ]
‘ankylosaurid’

*j > *z before another consonant
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xirelwollos
[t̪θi˨.de˨ɹ.woː˦.ɫo˦h]
'femboy'

pulhadzi
[pũˈno.dʑi]
"eye"

ļiimia
[ˈsʲaz.bme]
‘ankylosaurid’

ɔ ɛ -> o e
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xirelwollos
[t̪θi˨.de˨.ɹuː˦.ɫu˦h]
'femboy'

*o > *u with loss of *w before *u

pulhadzi
[pũˈnø.dʑi]
"eye"

Umlaut

ļiimia
[ˈsʲaz.bwe]
‘ankylosaurid’

*bm > *bw
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tþideŵûûlûh
[t̪θi˨.de˨.ɹuː˦.ɫu˥˩]
'femboy'

final h disappears and leaves a falling tone

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnø.dʑi]
"eye"

Vp -> pV metathesis initially

siazbůe
[ˈʃaz.bwe]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

sʲ -> ʃ
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tþideŵûûlûh
[t̪ɹi˨.de˨.ɹuː˦.ɫu˥˩]
'femboy'

t̪θ > *t̪ɹ

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnø.tʂi]
"eye"

dʑ > *tʂ

siazbůe
[ˈʃazbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

Final vowels lost leaving behind labiovelarasitation or rounding on the previous consonant
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tżideżûûlù
[t̪ʐi˨.de˨.ʐuː˦.ɫu˥˩]
'femboy'

ɹ -> ʐ

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnø.dʐi]
"eye"

intervocalic voicing

siazěbů
[ˈʃazəbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

inserting a schwa between 2+ consonants
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tżideżûûlù
[t̪θi˨.de˨.ʐuː˦.ɫu˥˩]
'femboy'

Devoicing and agreement in POA of heterogeneous clusters, resulting in affricates when appropriate.

(Yes that's an affricate and not a cluster, and was originally supposed to be an affricate... Do I need to put in tie bars to reinforce the point?)

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnø.dʒi]
"eye"

dʐ > dʒ

siazěbů
[ˈʃazɵbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

Assimilation of schwas to the rounding of following consonants.
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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tżideżûûlù
[θi˨.de˨.ʐuː˦.ɫu˥˩]
'femboy'

deaffrication.

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnœ.dʒɪ]
"eye"

weakening of non-nasal vowels.

siazěbů
[ˈʃaʒɵbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

sibilant harmony.
also known as, 'notenderdude' or any variation thereof.

terminally in search of who asked.
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tżideżûûlù
[θi˨.de˨.ʐuː˦.tɫu˥˩]
'femboy'

Affrication of onset [ɫ].

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnø.dʒɪ]
"eye"

Tensing of vowels in stressed open syllables.

siazěbů
[ˈʃadʒɵbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

ʒ > dʒ
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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tżideżûûlù
[θi˨.de˨.ʐyː˦.tɫu˥˩]
‘femboy’

Umlaut of back vowels before coronals

pulhadzi
[ũpˈnø.ʎʒɪ]
‘eye’

*d > *ʎ / _Ḱ

siazěbů
[ˈʃœdʒɵbʷ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

Roundedness assimilation
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þideżŷŷtrù
[θi˨.de˨.ʐyː˦.tru˥˩]
‘femboy’

rhotacism of ɫ

ũpmöĺžĭ
[ũpˈmø.ʎʒɪ]
‘eye’

assimilation n -> m after labial

siazěbů
[ˈʃœdʒɵβ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

bʷ -> β
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þideżŷŷtrù
[θi˨.de˨.ʐyː˦.t͜sru˥˩]
‘femboy’

Affrication before /r/

ũpmöĺžĭ
[ũmˈpø.ʎʒɪ]
‘eye’

Metathesis of voiceless-stop-plus-nasal clusters after a nasal vowel

siazěbů
[ˈʃœʒʒɵβ]
‘Denversaurus schlessmani’

*-dʒ- > -ʒʒ-
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