Word evolution game

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[y] > [iu]

[ni'ɽei.ɽiu.ɱa]
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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Palatalization preceding front vowels.

[nʲi'ɽʲei.ɽʲiu.ɱa]
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[ɽʲ] > [r̝] (voiced laminal alveolar fricative trill)

[nʲi'r̝ei.r̝iu.ɱa]
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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[ei] > [eji]

[nʲi'r̝e.ji.r̝iu.ɱa]
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Linguolabial nasals gain a trilled release:

[nʲi'r̝e.ji.r̝iu.ɱr̼a]
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[iu] > ijy]

[nʲi'r̝e.ji.r̝i.jy.ɱr̼a]
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[j] > [ð] after front vowels.

[nʲi'r̝e.ði.r̝i.ðy.ɱr̼a]
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Preglottalisation of dental consonants:

[ʔnʲi'r̝e.ʔði.r̝i.ʔðy.ɱr̼a]
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Epenthesis of [i] between two sonorants.

[ʔnʲi'r̝e.ʔði.r̝i.ʔðy.ɱi.r̼a]
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Vowels eject coda consonants:

[ʔnʲij'r̝ej.ʔðij.r̝ij.ʔðyw.ɱij.r̼aɹ]
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Fortification of sonorant initials in stressed and trochaic syllables.

[ʔnʲij'd̞ej.ʔðij.d̞ij.ʔðyw.ɱij.d̞aɹ]
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[ʔ] > [a]

[a.nʲij'd̞e.ja.ðij.d̞i.ja.ðyw.ɱij.d̞aɹ]

This is now very un-broken, isn't it?
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[ə] epenthesis after coda consonants.

[a.nʲi.jə'd̞e.ja.ði.jə.d̞i.ja.ðy.wə.ɱi.jə.d̞a.ɹə]
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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Dactylic secondary stress system, every third dactyl gets primary stress, stressed schwa > [a].

[ˌa.nʲi.jə.ˈd̞e.ja.ði.ˌja.d̞i.ja.ˈðy.wə.ɱi.ˌjə.d̞a.ɹə]
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Schwa coloured by preceding consonant: [jə wə ɹə] > [je wo ɹa]

[ˌa.nʲi.je.ˈd̞e.ja.ði.ˌja.d̞i.ja.ˈðy.wo.ɱi.ˌje.d̞a.ɹa]

1400% increase in syllables from its breaking point.
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[w] > [β]

[ˌa.nʲi.je.ˈd̞e.ja.ði.ˌja.d̞i.ja.ˈðy.βo.ɱi.ˌje.d̞a.ɹa]
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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New word.

[ˈʁoː.zn̩ˌfɛl.tɐ]
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Vocalisation of syllabic [n] > [ɐ]:

[ˈʁoː.zɐˌfɛl.tɐ]
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Intervocalic [f] > [v]

[ˈʁoː.zɐˌvɛl.tɐ]
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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[v] and coda [l] merge to [w]

[ˈʁoː.zɐˌwɛw.tɐ]
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