Word evolution game

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De-nasalisation of vowels.

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[ɐj] > [æ]

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Vowel chain shift. [u] > [y], [ɵ] > [ø].

[ˌæ.ˈcʰø.tyˑ]
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[cʰ] > [cɕ]

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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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vegfarandi wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 9:17 am Vowel chain shift. > [y], [ɵ] > [ø].

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Btw, to write [u] write [bk]u[/bk].
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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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Half-long close vowels become semivowel and a close-mid central vowel of the same rounding.

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[tɥ] > [cɕɥ]

[ˌæ.ˈcɕø.cɕɥɵ]
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Dissimilation of affricates:

[ˌæ.ˈksø.ksɥɵ]
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[æ] > [ɒ]

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Unrounded of rounded front vowels and glides.

[ˌɒ.ˈkse.ksjɵ]
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Harmonic breaking of [e] > [jɒ]:

[ˌɒ.ˈksjɒ.ksjɵ]
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Metathesis: [ks] > [sk]

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[kj] > [c͡ç]

[ˌɒ.ˈsc͡çɒ.sc͡çɵ]
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Haplology

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Lenition.

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vegfarandi wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 8:21 am Lenition.

[ˌɒ.ˈscɒ]
how is that lenition but anyways *sc > *tt

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Lengthening of open, stressed syllables:

[ˌɒ.ˈttɒː]
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Geminites > fricatives

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Weakening of secondary pretonic stress with vowel reduction:

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Long vowel breaking.

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