Word evolution game

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Re: Word evolution game

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Intervocalic voiced stops become fricatives.

[viˑ'ɕi.jø.ɾa'ʑɛ.jø̃.ɣi]

Adaptation of the orthography because of display issues:

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Re: Word evolution game

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Quantitative metathesis of half-length to stressed syllables:

[vi'ɕiˑ.jø.ɾa'ʑɛ.jø̃.ɣi]

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Unstressed [i] > [e].

Those hooks don't work well under the fonts available here with Windows, so acutes it shall be.

[ve'ɕiˑ.jø.ɾa'ʑɛ.jø̃.ɣe]

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Re: Word evolution game

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Half-length becomes realised as a non-syllabic schwa:

[ve'ɕiə.jø.ɾa'ʑɛ.jø̃.ɣe]

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Re: Word evolution game

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[iə] > [e̯ɤ]

[ve'ɕe̯ɤ.jø.ɾa'ʑɛ.jø̃.ɣe]

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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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Re: Word evolution game

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[v] > [çɥ] before front vowels

[çɥe'ɕe̯ɤ.jø.ɾa'ʑɛ.jø̃.ɣe]

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[ɥ] > [w]

[çwe'ɕe̯ɤ.jø.ɾa'ʑɛ.jø̃.ɣe]

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Re: Word evolution game

Post by WarpedWartWars »

Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:05 am display issues
I see an "o" with tilde and umlaut; you don't see that?
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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[e̯ɤ] > [ejø]

[çwe'ɕe.jø.jø.ɾa'ʑɛ.jø̃.ɣe]

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Re: Word evolution game

Post by WarpedWartWars »

Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 4:35 pm [e̯ɤ] > [ejø]

[çwe'ɕe.jø.jø.ɾa'ʑɛ.jø̃.ɣe]

Hweśejöjöraźejönğe
Fricativization of approximants: ([w] is [ɰʷ], [ɰ] fricativizes to [ɣ])

[çɣʷe'ɕe.ʝø.ʝø.ɾa'ʑɛ.ʝø̃.ɣe]

[ɣʷ] is spelled ğw:

Hğweśejöjöraźejönğe
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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A-mutation lowers and backs vowels in preceding syllables :

[çɣʷe'ɕe.jø.jɔ.ɾa'ʑɛ.jø̃.ɣe]

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Re: Word evolution game

Post by WarpedWartWars »

Now you've missed a post.
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

Post by Rounin Ryuuji »

Was there another post there, or did I misquote again?
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Re: Word evolution game

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You either missed this:
WarpedWartWars wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 4:44 pm Fricativization of approximants: ([w] is [ɰʷ], [ɰ] fricativizes to [ɣ])

[çɣʷe'ɕe.ʝø.ʝø.ɾa'ʑɛ.ʝø̃.ɣe]

[ɣʷ] is spelled ğw:

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or misquoted.

It looks as if you used the one you had just made.
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

Post by Rounin Ryuuji »

Oh, well, it's fixed now.

Edit: I see what I did. I did quote the right thing, I just ended up applying the change to the wrong string of IPA characters.
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Re: Word evolution game

Post by WarpedWartWars »

You also don't seem to have updated the orthography.
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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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 4:56 pm A-mutation lowers and backs vowels in preceding syllables :

[çɣʷe'ɕe.ʝø.ʝɔ.ɾa'ʑɛ.jø̃.ɣe]

Hweśejöjoraźejönğe
[çɣʷe'se.ʝø.ʝɔ.ɾa'sɛ.jø̃.ɣe]

sibilants collapse to s

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(edited for posterity)
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Re: Word evolution game

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thethief3 wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 8:07 pm [çɣʷe'se.jø.jɔ.ɾa'sɛ.jø̃.ɣe]

sibilants collapse to s

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Centralization of unstressed vowels:

[çɣʷɘ'se.ʝɵ.ʝɞ.ɾɐ'sɛ.ʝɵ̃.ɣɘ]

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(also fixed what Rounin Ryuuji messed up)
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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Loss of initial fricatives from non-posttonic unstressed syllables with nasality spreading across vowels now in contact.

[ɘ'se.ʝɵɞ.ɾɐ'sɛ.ʝɵ̃ɘ̃]

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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 8:31 pm Loss of initial fricatives from non-posttonic unstressed syllables with nasality spreading across vowels now in contact.

[ɘ'se.ʝɵɞ.ɾɐ'sɛ.ʝɵ̃ɘ̃]

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Nasalisation across the word (only being blocked by plosives) and then spreads to approximants before being lost on vowels

[ɘ'se.j̃ɵɞ.ɹ̃ɐ'sɛ.j̃ɵɘ]
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