Word evolution game

[Travis B.]

Palatalization before [j] with loss of said [j].

[dʑæjø ˌʃəːvøˈneː.tɪŋ ˈcætsə]
zsajö sschewwönétinn Katze

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Disaffrication:

[ʑæ.jø ˌʃəːvøˈneː.tɪŋ ˈcæ.sə]

[Jonlang]

Palatalised consonants shift: [kʲ tʲ] > [ç t͡ʃ]

[çyjˈβet͡ʃi]

Cuvéti.

[foxcatdog]

Palatalised consonants shift: [kʲ tʲ] > [ç t͡ʃ]

[çyjˈβet͡ʃi]

Cuvéti.

You've skipped a bunch of stuff

[Otto Kretschmer]

[a.ris.to.té.lɛːs]

5th century BC pronunciation of Aristotle. Have fun!

How did you manage to turn a single word into three?

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ɛː] > [æː]

[a.ris.to.té.læːs]

[foxcatdog]

[ɛː] > [æː]

[a.ris.to.té.læːs]

l > ɬ following a voiceless obstruent

[a.ris.to.té.ɬæːs]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Palatalisation preceding and following front and back vowels

[a.rʲisʲ.tʲo.tʲé.ɬʲæːsʲ]

[foxcatdog]

Palatalisation preceding and following front and back vowels

[a.rʲisʲ.tʲo.tʲé.ɬʲæːsʲ]

Sibilants to laterals following a lateral

[a.rʲisʲ.tʲo.tʲé.ɬʲæːɬʲ]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

That must be an extremely rare change.

Short [a o] merge to [ɒ]:

[ɒ.rʲisʲ.tʲɒ.tʲé.ɬʲæːɬʲ]

[Travis B.]

All palatalized consonants become palatals, except for sibilants and rhotics, which become alveolopalatals.

[ɒ.ʑiɕ.cɒ.cé.çæːç]

[foxcatdog]

All palatalized consonants become palatals, except for sibilants and rhotics, which become alveolopalatals.

[ɒ.ʑiɕ.cɒ.cé.çæːç]

Stress becomes trochaic centred around the accented syllable, the unstressed vowels elide leaving behind glides if they were long

[ʑiɕ.'cceçjç]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Interconsonantal [j] > [i]:

[ʑiɕ.'ce.çiç]

[foxcatdog]

Interconsonantal [j] > [i]:

[ʑiɕ.'ce.çiç]

High vowels diphthongise before palatals

[ʑjoɕ.'c:e.çjoç]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Quantitative metathesis from consonant to following vowel:

[ʑjoɕ.'ce:.çjoç]

[vegfarandi]

Shift in palatal sibilants and merger with palatal fricatives.

[ʒjoʃ.'ce:.ʃjoʃ]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Rhotacism:

Ριοσκήσιος
[ʁjoʃ.'ce:.ʃjoʃ]

[vegfarandi]

[jo] > [œ].

[ʁjoʃ.'ce:.ʃœʃ]

Ριοσκήσιος

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[c] > [cɕ]

[ʁjoʃ.'cɕe:.ʃœʃ]
Ριοσκήσιος

[Travis B.]

All unstressed vowels >[ə].

[ʁjəʃ.'cɕe:.ʃəʃ]
Ριοσκήσιος