Word evolution game

[Jonlang]

Denasalisation of vowels

[çi.ˈɲeːɸ]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of pretonic unstressed vowels.

[çɲeːɸ]

[vegfarandi]

Co-articulated fricative+nasal > unvoiced nasal.

[ɲ̊eːɸ]

[Travis B.]

Coda [ɸ] > 0

[ɲ̊eː]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ɲ̊] > [cɕ]

[cɕeː]

[Jonlang]

New word time?

[kʰa.tʰy.ˈpʰuː.na.ˌfoˑ.r̥e.ɬy]

[vegfarandi]

[ɲ̊] > [cɕ]

[cɕeː]

lol you just had to get your favorite sound in there

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Loss of aspiration immediately preceding stressed aspirated syllable.

[kʰa.ty.ˈpʰuː.na.ˌfoˑ.r̥e.ɬy]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ɲ̊] > [cɕ]

[cɕeː]

lol you just had to get your favorite sound in there

I don't think it is my favourite, but sound changes leading to it are very common, and I certainly don't dislike it.

Anyway, let's do it again — palatalisation before high front vowels:

[kʰa.cɕy.ˈpʰuː.na.ˌfoˑ.r̥e.ɕy]

[vegfarandi]

Introduction of trochaic secondary stress

[ˌkʰa.cɕy.ˈpʰuː.na.ˌfoˑ.r̥e.ˌɕy]

[Jonlang]

Aspirated plosives > fricatives

[ˌχa.cɕy.ˈfuː.na.ˌfoˑ.r̥e.ˌɕy]

[Travis B.]

Deaffrication of affricates.

[ˌχa.ɕy.ˈfuː.na.ˌfoˑ.r̥e.ˌɕy]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Short vowel laxing


[ˌχɐ.ɕʏ.ˈfuː.nɐ.ˌfoˑ.r̥ɛ.ˌɕʏ]

[Travis B.]

Elision of lax vowels in second syllables of trochees.

[ˌχɐɕ.ˈfuːn.ˌfoˑr̥.ˌɕʏ]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Long vowels shorten.

[ˌχɐɕ.ˈfun.ˌfor̥.ˌɕʏ]

[Man in Space]

Sequences of unstressed vowel plus voiceless consonant elide

[ˈχfun.fɕʏ]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Initial cluster fortition

[ˈkʰpʰun.fɕʏ]

[Jonlang]

ɕ > j

[ˈkʰpʰun.fjʏ]

[Travis B.]

Coda nasal elision with nasalization of preceding vowels.

[ˈkʰpʰũ.fjʏ]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Umlaut:

[ˈkʰpʰỹ.fjʏ]

[Travis B.]

Reduction of onset clusters.

[ˈpʰỹ.fʏ]