Word evolution game

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Anyway, next word: [ˈscɛm̥.tɪ.kʰraf.tʏr̥]
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vegfarandi wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:10 pm [aux]

Anyway, next word: [ˈscɛm̥.tɪ.kʰraf.tʏr̥]
Palatisation

[ˈstʲɛm̥.tʲɪ.kʰraf.tʲʏr̥]
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Vocalisation of coda resonants, with compensatory nasalisation of preceding vowels if the resonants were nasal.

[ˈstʲɛ̃ʊ̯̃.tʲɪ.kʰraf.tʲʏɐ̯]
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f before stop becomes preaspiration.

[ˈstʲɛ̃ʊ̯̃.tʲɪ.kʰra.htʲʏɐ̯]
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Preaspiration and s + stop merge to aspiration:

[ˈtʰʲɛ̃ʊ̯̃.tʲɪ.kʰra.tʰʲʏɐ̯]
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Nasal vowels lower and denasalize.

[ˈtʰʲao̯.tʲɪ.kʰra.tʰʲʏɐ̯]
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Aspirated consonants affricate.

[ˈtɕao̯.tʲɪ.kxra.tɕʏɐ̯]
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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Falling diphthongs become rising.

[ˈtɕʕo.tʲɪ.kxra.tɕɥa]
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Postconsonantal [ʕ x] become aspiration with compensatory lengthening of the following vowel and secondary stress if the long vowel is not already stressed.

[ˈtɕʰoː.tʲɪˌkʰraː.tɕɥa]
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High vowel elides and the remaining consonant joins the previous syllable.

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Postconsonantal [r] becomes palatalisation.

[ˈtɕʰoːtʲˌcʰaː.tɕɥa]
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[ˈtɕʰoːtʲˌçaː.tɕɥa]
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park bom wrote: Fri Apr 15, 2022 1:50 pm [tɕoːtˌçaː.tɕa]
It's preferred that only one systemic change occur per post and that you describe the change. Two or three things have happened here; loss of primary stress, elision of palatal approximants and fricativization of a stop.
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Anyway, no worries, just a reminder for next time. We will go with it!

Voicing of intervocalic obstruents.

[ˈtɕʰoːtʲˌçaː.dʑɥa]
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Breaking of non-open long vowels.

[ˈtɕʰoə̯tʲˌçaː.dʑɥa]
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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[tʲ.ç] coalesces across the syllable boundary to [cçʰ]:

[ˈtɕʰoə̯ˌcçʰaː.dʑɥa]
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Deaffrication of affricates.

[ˈɕoə̯ˌçaː.ʑɥa]
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Rhotacism of [ə̯], and the second mora of long low vowels.

[ɕoɾˌçaɾ.dʑɥa]
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ç > s

[ɕoɾˌsaɾ.dʑɥa]
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