Word evolution game

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Re: Word evolution game

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vegfarandi wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 10:15 am ʐɣ > ʀ

[βilj'helmβɑːr ʀinhæːr'ʑunoːr]
Pharyngealization of glottals:

[βilj'ħelmβɑːr ʀinħæːr'ʑunoːr]
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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Metathesis of palatal approximants.

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Re: Word evolution game

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Further prerhotic lowering:

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Re: Word evolution game

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Laryngeal spreading.

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Re: Word evolution game

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Loss of prenasalisation:

[βiɫ'ħjelβɑːr ʀinˤħɑːr'ʑunɔːr]
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Re: Word evolution game

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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 7:08 pm Loss of prenasalisation:

[βiɫ'ħjelβɑːr ʀinˤħɑːr'ʑunɔːr]
Heightening of vowels, modulo the height of the mouth (i.e., [i] and [u] turn into [a] and [ɑ]):

[βaɫ'ħjilβoːr ʀanˤħoːr'ʑɑnoːr]

(Is such a sound change attested in any natlang?)
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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Dissimilation of [i] following [j].

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Re: Word evolution game

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Changes to [β]: Initial [β] > [v]; after a liquid [β] > [b]

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Re: Word evolution game

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Vowels lengthen inopen, stressed syllables:

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Re: Word evolution game

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[r] disappears after long vowels.

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Re: Word evolution game

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Remaining coda resonants vocalise — [ɫ l n] > [ʊ̯ ɪ̯ ɐ̯]:

[vaʊ̯'ħjeɪ̯boː ʀaɐ̯ˤħoː'ʑɑː.noː]
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Changes to [ħ]: [ħj] > [ç]; [ˤħ] > [ʁ]

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Re: Word evolution game

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Long Vowel and Diphthong chain shift [oː ɑː aʊ̯ aɐ̯ eɪ̯] > [uː eː oː aː iː]

[voː'çiːbuː ʀaːʁuː'ʑeː.nuː]
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Re: Word evolution game

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[ʁ] merges with [ʀ]

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Re: Word evolution game

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Partial quantitative metathetsis from posttonic long vowels to stressed long vowels (which become semi-overlong)

[voː'çiːˑbuˑ ʀaːʀuː'ʑeːˑ.nuˑ]

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Re: Word evolution game

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Half-long vowels lower and shorten.

[voː'çiːˑbo ʀaːʀuː'ʑeːˑ.no]

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Re: Word evolution game

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Hapology.

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Re: Word evolution game

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Legnth or overlength becomes realised as a coda resonant.

[vou'çiːj.bo ʀaɹ.ʀuw'ʑeːj.no]

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Re: Word evolution game

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Loss of final vowels

[vou'çiːjb ʀaɹ.'ʑeːjn]

Also re-incorporated my previous change that Rounin ignored :roll:
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Re: Word evolution game

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I-mutation:

[vøy'çiːjb ʀaɹ.'ʑeːjn]
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