Word evolution game

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Travis B.
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Paltalization of postalveolars before front vowels and [j].

[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːɕeðɒvzəv]

[ʑᶣje'ɕĩːã̯]
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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Man in Space
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Word 1: Deletion of weak vowels (with regressive voicing assimilation)

[ˈiːlmiʃ ˈmɑːʒðɒvzv]

Word 2: Vowel height averaging

[ʒᶣje'ʃẽː]

Word 1 looks kind of Kartvelian to me now. Word 2 looks like it could fit right in next to Ubykh.
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Word 1: Vowel-harmonic epenthesis in complex consonant clusters

[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːʒðɒvɑzɑv]

Word 2: Stress moves to the front

['ʒᶣjeʃẽː]
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Word 1: Lenition of coda non-sibilant fricatives to semivowels.

[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːʒðɒvɑzɑw]

Word 2: [ʒᶣj] > [ʑʷ]

['ʑʷeʃẽː]
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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Word one: [ɑw] > [ɒ]

[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːʒðɒvɑzɒ]

Word 2: [ʑʷ] > [ʒʷ]

['ʒʷeʃẽː]
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Word 1: Devoicing of sibilants

[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːʃðɒvɑsɒ]

Word 2: Labialization of consonants moving to following vowels

['ʒøʃẽː]
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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Word 1: Strong syncope

[ˈiːlmiʃ ˈmɑːʃðvɑs]

Word 2: Dissimilation of manner

['ɟøʃẽː]
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Rounin Ryuuji
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Word 1: Voicing assimilation.

[ˈiːlmiʃ ˈmɑːʒðvɑs]

Word 2: Affrication of palatal stops.

['ɟʑøʃẽː]
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Word 1: Lenition of [v]

[ˈiːlmiʃ ˈmɑːʒðwɑs]

Word 2: Depalatalization of palatals.

['dʒøʃẽː]
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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Rounin Ryuuji
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Word 1: [ðw] > [v].

[ˈiːlmiʃ ˈmɑːʒvɑs]

Word 2: Denasalisation of nasal vowels.

['dʒøʃeː]
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[est'ados u'nidos de 'mexiko]
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Intervocalic lenition:

[est'aðos u'niðos de 'meɣiɡo]
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[s] > [ʃ]

[eʃt'aðoʃ u'niðoʃ de 'meɣiɡo]
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Loss of fricatives with compensatory lengthening of preceding vowels unless final:

[eːt'aːo u'niːo de 'meːiɡo]
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Dentals assibilate

[eː's̪aːo u'niːo z̪e 'meːiɡo]
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Insertion of epenthetic glides.

[eː's̪aːwo u'niːwo z̪e 'meːjiɡo]
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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[s̪ z̪] become dentals [θ ð]:

[eː'θaːwo u'niːwo ðe 'meːjiɡo]
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Fortition of glides.

[eː'θaːβo u'niːβo ðe 'meːʝiɡo]
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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Rounin Ryuuji
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Medial [g] > [x]

[eː'θaːβo u'niːβo ðe 'meːʝixo]
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Fortition of fricatives.

[eːˈt̪aːbo uˈniːbo d̪e ˈmeːɟiko]
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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