Word evolution game

[Man in Space]

radtloyngei
[ljat̪ˈt͡ɬʰʌŋɣ^leː]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance’

Loss of front offglides before velars

[Travis B.]

radtloyngei
[jat̪ˈt͡ɬʰʌŋɣ^leː]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance’

lj > j

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radtloyngei
[jat̪ˈt͡ɬʰʌŋʟeː]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance’

[ɣ^l] > [ʟ]

[Travis B.]

radtloyngei
[jat̪ˈt͡ɬʰʌŋɰeː]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance’

ʟ > ɰ

[/ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/]

radtloyngei
[ja˧t̪ˈt͡ɬʌ˦ŋɰeː˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance’

aspiration causes a high tone on the preceding vowel and is lost.

[Man in Space]

radtloyngei
[ja˧t̪ˈt͡ɬʌ˦ŋɰeˀ˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Length > glottalization

[Travis B.]

radtloyngei
[ja˧t̪ˈt͡ɬʌ˦ŋʕe˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Glottalization is transferred onto preceding velar consonants and becomes pharyngealization.

[Man in Space]

radtloyngei
[jɐ̆ˈʰt͡ɬʌ˧˦ŋʕe˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Sesquisyllabicization: The first syllable is demoted to minor syllable status, with the tone being absorbed the following vowel (now the major vowel) and the coda leniting as it is no longer supported by a major nucleus, turning gemination into preäspiration. (I hope that's not unjustifiably much; if it is, feel free to ignore this.)

[Travis B.]

radtloyngei
[jɐ̆ˈθt͡ɬʌ˧˦ŋʕe˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Preaspiration becomes a voiceless fricative homorganic with the following consonant.

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... Sesquisyllabicization ...

that's a new favorite word.

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radtloyngei
[jɐ̆ˈθk͡ɬʌ˧˦ŋʕe˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

[t͡ɬ] > [k͡ɬ] before back vowels.

[Travis B.]

radtloyngei
[jɐ̆ˈθc͡çʌ˧˦ŋʕe˧]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

k͡ɬ > c͡ç

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yadcáonqe
[jɐ̆ˈθc͡çʌː˦ŋʕe˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

tone shift (˧˦ > ː˦, ˦...˧ > ˦...˨).

[Travis B.]

yadcáonqe
[jɐ̆ˈt͡ɕʌː˦ŋʕe˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

θc͡ç > t͡ɕ

[Man in Space]

yadcáonqe
[sz̩ˈt͡ɕʌː˦ŋʕe˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Minor syllables with a glide onset become syllabic fricatives

[Travis B.]

yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʌː˦ŋʕe˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

z̩ > ʁ̩

[Man in Space]

yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʌː˦ŋʕa˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Laryngeal coloring

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yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʌː˦ŋa˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

loss of laryngeals.

[Travis B.]

yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʰʌː˦ŋa˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Aspiration of stressed and initial fortis plosives.

[Man in Space]

yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʰæː˦ŋa˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

Fronting of central vowels after palatal phones

[Travis B.]

yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʰja˦ŋa˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’

æː > ja