Word evolution game

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Re: Word evolution game

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Zju wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 1:24 pm haspiration:

[ˈpʰy.kʰø.lij]
"haspiration"?

[ij] > [iʒ]:

[ˈpʰy.kʰø.liʒ]
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 influence preceding consonants:

[ˈpʰᶣy.kʰᶣø.lʲiʒ]
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Unrounding of rounded front vowels.

[ˈpʰᶣi.kʰᶣe.lʲiʒ]
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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Vowel system collapses to /ɨ ə a/ due to former distinctions now being expressed on consonants (+allophonic rounding of /ɨ/):

[ˈpʰᶣʉ.kʰᶣə.lʲɨʒ]
/j/ <j>

Ɂaləɂahina asəkipaɂə ileku omkiroro salka.
Loɂ ɂerleku asəɂulŋusikraɂə seləɂahina əɂətlahɂun əiŋɂiɂŋa.
Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ.
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Coda devoicing of obstruents.

[ˈpʰᶣʉ.kʰᶣə.lʲɨʃ]
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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Re: Word evolution game

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Affrication of labiopalatals

[ˈp͡ϕʰᶣʉ.c͡çʰᶣə.lʲɨʃ]
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Deaffrication of the labiopalatals.

[ˈϕᶣʉ.çᶣə.lʲɨʃ]
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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Re: Word evolution game

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Delabialisation with roundness spreading to the following vowel:

[ˈçʉ.ço.lʲɨʃ]
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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 11:30 pm Delabialisation with roundness spreading to the following vowel:

[ˈçʉ.ço.lʲɨʃ]
Palatised approximates fricate.

[ˈçʉ.ço.ɬʲɨʃ]
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Re: Word evolution game

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[ˈɕʉ.ɕo.ɕɨɕ]

[ç ɬʲ ʃ] > [ɕ]
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Intervocalic voicing of sibilants.

[ˈɕʉ.ʑo.ʑɨɕ]
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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:07 am [ˈɕʉ.ɕo.ɕɨɕ]

[ç ɬʲ ʃ] > [ɕ]
I have been under the impression that [ɕ] is your favorite phone as of late - lol.
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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Re: Word evolution game

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vegfarandi wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 12:15 pm Intervocalic voicing of sibilants.

[ˈɕʉ.ʑo.ʑɨɕ]
Pre-rounded-vowel consonantalization:

[ˈcʉ.ɟo.ʑɨɕ]
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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Travis B. wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:32 pm
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:07 am [ˈɕʉ.ɕo.ɕɨɕ]

[ç ɬʲ ʃ] > [ɕ]
I have been under the impression that [ɕ] is your favorite phone as of late - lol.
I do like it, but it wasn't a conscious choice — there were just three similar-sounding phonemes in a row I thought likely to merge, and [ɕ] was roughly where I thought they would end up,
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Consonant quality bleeds over into the following vowel:

[ˈcʏ.ɟø.ʑiɕ]
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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 7:37 am Consonant quality bleeds over into the following vowel:

[ˈcʏ.ɟø.ʑiɕ]
palatals collapse into *j because why not

[ˈjʏ.jø.jij]
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Loss of intervocalic [j]

[jʏøij]
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Hiatus collapse.

[jøʏ̯]
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Diphthongs monophthongise.

[jøː]
/j/ <j>

Ɂaləɂahina asəkipaɂə ileku omkiroro salka.
Loɂ ɂerleku asəɂulŋusikraɂə seləɂahina əɂətlahɂun əiŋɂiɂŋa.
Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ.
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Glides coalesce with following vowels, lengthening them.

[øːː]
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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