Word evolution game

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Loss of nasalisation (also adjusted syllabification to reflect what it should probably actually be).

[ɪb'mæ.ri rɔ'bɑn]
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Re: Word evolution game

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b>v
[ɪv'mæ.ri rɔ'vɑn]
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Re: Word evolution game

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Intervocalic [v] > [w].

[ɪv'mæ.ri rɔ'wɑn]
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ɔ > u before w.

[ɪv'mæ.ri ru'wɑn]
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thethief3 wrote: Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:21 pm [ˈpa.ka a.ma ta.i]
Laxing of final [a]:

[ˈpa.kə a.mə ta.i]
tɑ tɑ tɑ tɑ θiθɾ eɾloθ tɑ moew θerts olɑrk siθe
of of of of death abyss of moew kingdom sand witch-PLURAL
The witches of the desert of the kingdom of Moew of the Abyss of Death

tɑ toɾose koɾot tsɑx
of apple-PLURAL magic cold
cold magic of apples
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Deletion of final schwa with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel.

[paːk aːm ta.i]
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I-mutation of a syllable preceding final i.

[paːk aːm tɛ.i]
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Re: Word evolution game

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Terminal consonants decay to corresponding semivowels:

[paːj aːw tɛ.i]
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Fortition of final *i to affricates:

[paːj aːw tɛdz]
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Final semivowels influence the quality of preceding vowels.

[pɛːj ɔːw tɛdz]
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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Fri Mar 04, 2022 8:48 am [pɛːj ɔːw tɛdz]
Word-final consonant devoicing, except when next word starts with a vowel:

[pɛːj ɔːw̥ tɛts]
tɑ tɑ tɑ tɑ θiθɾ eɾloθ tɑ moew θerts olɑrk siθe
of of of of death abyss of moew kingdom sand witch-PLURAL
The witches of the desert of the kingdom of Moew of the Abyss of Death

tɑ toɾose koɾot tsɑx
of apple-PLURAL magic cold
cold magic of apples
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Re: Word evolution game

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[w̥] > [f]

[pɛːj ɔːf tɛts]
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[p] > [ɸ]


[ɸɛːj ɔːf tɛts]
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Re: Word evolution game

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[ɸ f j] > [x~ç] depending on surrounding vowels

[çɛːç ɔːx tɛts]
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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sat Mar 05, 2022 7:24 am [çɛːç ɔːx tɛts]
Long vowel tensing:

[çeːç ɑːx tɛts]
tɑ tɑ tɑ tɑ θiθɾ eɾloθ tɑ moew θerts olɑrk siθe
of of of of death abyss of moew kingdom sand witch-PLURAL
The witches of the desert of the kingdom of Moew of the Abyss of Death

tɑ toɾose koɾot tsɑx
of apple-PLURAL magic cold
cold magic of apples
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Re: Word evolution game

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Lax vowel breaking:

[çeːç ɑːx tjɑːts]
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[ˈsju.pʰə ˈkʰæ.lə ˈfɹæ.d͡ʒə.ˌlɪst.ɪk ˈɛks.pi ˈæli ˈdəʊ̯.ʃəs]

Something quite atrocious. Have fun.
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[sj] > [ɕ] (also corrected some part of the transcription):

[ˈɕʊw.pʰə ˈkʰæ.lə ˈfɹæ.d͡ʒə.ˌlɪst.ɪk ˈɛks.pij ˈælɪ ˈdəʊ̯.ʃəs]
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Re: Word evolution game

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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: [ˈɕʊw.pʰə ˈkʰæ.lə ˈfɹæ.d͡ʒə.ˌlɪst.ɪk ˈɛks.pij ˈælɪ ˈdəʊ̯.ʃəs]
I only just remembered that when I tried to pronounce it. "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". (I got the spelling right first try!)

Syllable-initial intervocalic voicing:

[ˈɕʊw.bʰə ˈkʰæ.lə ˈfɹæ.d͡ʒə.ˌlɪst.ɪk ˈɛks.pij ˈælɪ ˈdəʊ̯.ʒəs]

(that affected only two consonants, surprisingly.)
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tɑ tɑ tɑ tɑ θiθɾ eɾloθ tɑ moew θerts olɑrk siθe
of of of of death abyss of moew kingdom sand witch-PLURAL
The witches of the desert of the kingdom of Moew of the Abyss of Death

tɑ toɾose koɾot tsɑx
of apple-PLURAL magic cold
cold magic of apples
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Re: Word evolution game

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Vowels become more raised and fronted following [ɕ d͡ʒ ʒ]:

[ˈɕʏɥ.bʰə ˈkʰæ.lə ˈfɹæ.d͡ʒɪ.ˌlɪst.ɪk ˈɛks.pij ˈælɪ ˈdəʊ̯.ʒɪs]
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