Word evolution game

[Otto Kretschmer]

We are just started with this one

[mʲɘ̀námótó jɘ̀jítómɘ̀]

[Jonlang]

Intervocallic lenition

[mʲɘ̀náβ̃ódó jɘ̀jídóβ̃ɘ̀]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[jɘ̀jí] collapses to [jêː]

[mʲɘ̀náβ̃ódó jêːdóβ̃ɘ̀]

[Travis B.]

[β̃] > [v]

[mʲɘ̀návódó jêːdóvɘ̀]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of low-pitched vowels with compensatory lengthening of any preceding.

[mʲnʲávódó jêːdóːv]

[foxcatdog]

Loss of low-pitched vowels with compensatory lengthening of any preceding.

[mʲnʲávódó jêːdóːv]

d lost intervocalically

[mʲnʲávó: jêːóːv]

[Jonlang]

Epenthetic schwa between to nasals.

[mʲənʲávó: jêːóːv]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Excrescent [j] after front vowels in hiatus.

[mʲnʲá.vó: jêː.jóːv]

[vegfarandi]

De-dentalization of v word finally

[mʲnʲá.vó: jêː.jóːu̯]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[nʲ j] > [ʑ]

[mʲʑá.vó: ʑêː.ʑóːu̯]

[Travis B.]

Alveolopalatals become palatal.

[mʲʝá.vó: ʝêː.ʝóːu̯]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Nasals become prenasalisation of the following consonant.

[^ɲʝá.vó: ʝêː.ʝóːu̯]

[Otto Kretschmer]

[im'perium rom'anum]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Note: Shifted vowels to be closer to what we understand Classical pronunciation to have been.

Vowels in open stressed syllables lengthen when not already long, preserving original qualities rather than merging with pre-existing long counterparts.

[ɪm'pɛː.rjʊm rɔm'aːn.ʊm]

[Travis B.]

Note: Removed final [m] and replaced [ʊm] with [ʊ̃] per reconstructed Latin pronuncation.

Also nasalized all pre-nasal vowels.

[ɪ̃m'pɛː.rjʊ̃ rɔ̃m'aːn.ʊ̃]

[vegfarandi]

Long vowels open up but lose length, stress fixes

[ɪ̃m'pæ.rjʊ̃ rɔ̃m'ɑn.ʊ̃]

[Jonlang]

Plosives assimilate to a previous nasal:

[ɪ̃m'mæ.rjʊ̃ rɔ̃m'ɑn.ʊ̃]

I'm gonna assume my change won't be ignored this time

[Travis B.]

Long nasals break into a homorganic voiced stop followed by a nasal.

[ɪ̃b'mæ.rjʊ̃ rɔ̃m'ɑn.ʊ̃]

[Man in Space]

Nasals dissimilate and fortite to the corresponding voiced plosive when there's a nasal in the following stressed syllable:

[ɪ̃b'mæ.rjʊ̃ rɔ̃b'ɑn.ʊ̃]

[Jonlang]

Apocope! As a result new word-final approximants become vowels.

[ɪ̃b'mæ.ri rɔ̃b'ɑn]