Word evolution game

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Vowels shorten in closed syllables:

['çoːla 'saːʔi lov'iːla 'aŋko 'aːko]
Xōla sā'i lovīla ānto āto.

[vegfarandi]

ç > j

['joːla 'saːʔi lov'iːla 'aŋko 'aːko]

Xōla sā'i lovīla ānto āto.

[Jonlang]

Short [o] > [ɔ]

['joːla 'saːʔi lɔv'iːla 'aŋkɔ 'aːkɔ]

Yōla sā'i lovīla ānto āto.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Short [a ɔ] merge to [ɑ]:

['joːlɑ 'saːʔi lɑv'iːlɑ 'ɑŋkɑ 'aːkɑ]
Yōla sā'i lovīla ānto āto.

[Travis B.]

Final unstressed [ɑ] > [ə].

['joːlə 'saːʔi lɑv'iːlə 'ɑŋkə 'aːkə]
Yōla sā'i lovīla ānto āto.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Coda [ŋ] > [w]
['joːlə 'saːʔi lɑv'iːlə 'ɑwkə 'aːkə]

Stress is marked by an acute when not on the initial syllable, otherwise accents are removed as a part of a drive towards orthographical simplification; efforts to realign the consonants meet with resistance and are unsuccessful, however.
Yola sa'i lovíla anto ato.

[WarpedWartWars]

Coda [ŋ] > [w]
['joːlə 'saːʔi lɑv'iːlə 'ɑwkə 'aːkə]

Stress is marked by an acute when not on the initial syllable, otherwise accents are removed as a part of a drive towards orthographical simplification; efforts to realign the consonants meet with resistance and are unsuccessful, however.
Yola sa'i lovíla anto ato.

[wk] > [kʷ]:

['joːlə 'saːʔi lɑv'iːlə 'ɑkʷə 'aːkə]

Yola sa'i lovíla anto ato

[Travis B.]

Labialization of consonants rounds, raises, and backs following vowels and then is lost.

['joːlə 'saːʔi lɑv'iːlə 'ɑku 'aːkə]

Yola sa'i lovíla antu ato

[WarpedWartWars]

Labialization of consonants rounds, raises, and backs following vowels and then is lost.

['joːlə 'saːʔi lɑv'iːlə 'ɑku 'aːkə]

Yola sa'i lovíla antu ato

People regain access to ancient texts and linguists figure out "antu" originally had [ŋ], and people decide to try re-adding it, and are partially successful; the difference is that it's now prenasalization:

['joːlə 'saːʔi lɑv'iːlə 'ɑ^ŋku 'aːkə]

Long vowels are orthographically doubled:

Yoola saa'i lovííla antu aato

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Vowel length is lost.

['jo.lə 'saʔi lɑv'i.lə 'ɑ^ŋku 'a.kə]

Tense vowels become marked with an acute, note

[ɑ a] a á
[i] í
[u] ú
[ə o] o ó

And t is finally replaced with k.

Yóla sá'i lovílo angkú áko.

[WarpedWartWars]

Vowel length is lost.

['jo.lə 'saʔi lɑv'iːlə 'ɑ^ŋku 'aːkə]

Did you miss [iː] and [aː]?

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Oops; well, they're fixed.

[WarpedWartWars]

Vowel length is lost.

['jo.lə 'saʔi lɑv'i.lə 'ɑ^ŋku 'a.kə]

Tense vowels become marked with an acute, note

[ɑ a] a á
[i] í
[u] ú
[ə o] o ó

And t is finally replaced with k.

Yóla sá'i lovílo angkú áko.

Raising of vowels, with high vowels diphthongizing:

['jɑw.lɘ 'sɛʔaj lʌv'aj.lɘ 'ʌ^ŋkɑw 'ɛ.kɘ]

Orthography unchanged:

Yóla sá'i lovílo angkú áko.

[foxcatdog]

Vowel length is lost.

['jo.lə 'saʔi lɑv'i.lə 'ɑ^ŋku 'a.kə]

Tense vowels become marked with an acute, note

[ɑ a] a á
[i] í
[u] ú
[ə o] o ó

And t is finally replaced with k.

Yóla sá'i lovílo angkú áko.

To imitate a now more prestigous dialect people reverse the change of *k to a glottal stop

['jo.lə 'saki lɑv'i.lə 'ɑ^ŋku 'a.kə]

Yóla sáki lovílo angkú áko.

[WarpedWartWars]

To imitate a now more prestigous dialect people reverse the change of *k to a glottal stop

['jo.lə 'saki lɑv'i.lə 'ɑ^ŋku 'a.kə]

Yóla sáki lovílo angkú áko.

You missed my post.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Intervocalic [k ^ŋk] > [ɣ ŋ]

['jo.lə 'saɣi lɑv'i.lə 'ɑ.ŋu 'a.ɣə]

Yóla sáki lovílo angkú áko.

[foxcatdog]

To imitate a now more prestigous dialect people reverse the change of *k to a glottal stop

['jo.lə 'saki lɑv'i.lə 'ɑ^ŋku 'a.kə]

Yóla sáki lovílo angkú áko.

You missed my post.

sorry

[Jonlang]

[ɣ] lost before a high vowel; becomes [j] elsewhere. Loss of [ɣ] creates diphthongs where two vowels are brought together.

['jo.lə 'sai̯ lɑv'i.lə 'ɑ.ŋu 'a.jə]


[ə] becomes reanalysed as having an underlying a vowel.
Yóla sái lavíla añú áya.

[foxcatdog]

[ɣ] lost before a high vowel; becomes [j] elsewhere. Loss of [ɣ] creates diphthongs where two vowels are brought together.

['jo.lə 'sai̯ lɑv'i.lə 'ɑ.ŋu 'a.jə]


[ə] becomes reanalysed as having an underlying a vowel.
Yóla sái lavíla añú áya.

v > m

['jo.lə 'sai̯ lɑm'i.lə 'ɑ.ŋu 'a.jə]

Yóla sái lavíla añú áya.

[Jonlang]

I'm starting to think we're just going in circles with this one.

I-mutation.

['jo.lə 'sɛi̯ lɛm'i.lə 'ɑ.ŋu 'ɛ.jə]

Loss of diacritics after spelling changes to accommodate i-mutation.

Yola sei lemila añu eya.