Word evolution game

Conworlds and conlangs
User avatar
Rounin Ryuuji
Posts: 2994
Joined: Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:47 pm

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Rounin Ryuuji »

[ʃ] > [ɕ] in contact with palatals or front vowels, > [ʂ] elsewhere

[ʁjəɕ.'cɕe:.ɕəʂ]
Ριοσκήσιος
Travis B.
Posts: 7639
Joined: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:52 pm

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Travis B. »

[ɕ.cɕ] > [ɕ.ɕ]

[ʁjəɕ.'ɕe:.ɕəʂ]
Ριοσκήσιος
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.
User avatar
Rounin Ryuuji
Posts: 2994
Joined: Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:47 pm

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Rounin Ryuuji »

Loss of posttonic unstressed syllables.

[ʁjəɕ.'ɕe:ɕ]
Ριοσκής
Travis B.
Posts: 7639
Joined: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:52 pm

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Travis B. »

Coda [ɕ] > [j]

[ʁjəj.'ɕe:j]
Ριοσκής
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.
Otto Kretschmer
Posts: 552
Joined: Tue Mar 16, 2021 4:09 pm
Location: Poland

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Otto Kretschmer »

[sɔː.krá.tɛːs]

Next Greek guy.

A switch from pitch accent to a stress accent with stress on the initial syllable. This is going to cause weakening of unstressed syllables.

['sɔːkratɛːs]
vegfarandi
Posts: 332
Joined: Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:52 am

Re: Word evolution game

Post by vegfarandi »

ɛː lowers to æː

['sɔːkratæːs]
Duriac Threadhe/him
Travis B.
Posts: 7639
Joined: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:52 pm

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Travis B. »

Coda [s] > [h]

['sɔːkratæːh]
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.
User avatar
Rounin Ryuuji
Posts: 2994
Joined: Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:47 pm

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Rounin Ryuuji »

[ɔː æː] > [aː]

['saːkrataːh]
vegfarandi
Posts: 332
Joined: Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:52 am

Re: Word evolution game

Post by vegfarandi »

Trills become flaps.

['saːkɾataːh]
Duriac Threadhe/him
User avatar
WarpedWartWars
Posts: 204
Joined: Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:31 pm
Location: tɑ tɑ θiθɾ eɾloθ tɑ moew θerts
Contact:

Re: Word evolution game

Post by WarpedWartWars »

vegfarandi wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 1:51 pm Trills become flaps.

['saːkɾataːh]
Final [h] disappears:

['saːkɾataː]
kaêdẑ ac kodẑ vanén etan voâl
ve doâ alber noâ ful dobedẑ
cāêr mıdẑ noâ mūdẑr bet ful
paêl noâ mur gen dobedẑ
Travis B.
Posts: 7639
Joined: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:52 pm

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Travis B. »

Shortening of unstressed long vowels, and reduction of unstressed short vowels.

['saːkɾəta]
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.
User avatar
WarpedWartWars
Posts: 204
Joined: Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:31 pm
Location: tɑ tɑ θiθɾ eɾloθ tɑ moew θerts
Contact:

Re: Word evolution game

Post by WarpedWartWars »

Travis B. wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:12 pm Shortening of unstressed long vowels, and reduction of unstressed short vowels.

['saːkɾəta]
Intervocalic voicing:

['saːkɾəda]

Edit: messed up, it's fixed now.
kaêdẑ ac kodẑ vanén etan voâl
ve doâ alber noâ ful dobedẑ
cāêr mıdẑ noâ mūdẑr bet ful
paêl noâ mur gen dobedẑ
Otto Kretschmer
Posts: 552
Joined: Tue Mar 16, 2021 4:09 pm
Location: Poland

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Otto Kretschmer »

Further reduction of unstressed vowels

['saːkɾədɘ]
User avatar
WarpedWartWars
Posts: 204
Joined: Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:31 pm
Location: tɑ tɑ θiθɾ eɾloθ tɑ moew θerts
Contact:

Re: Word evolution game

Post by WarpedWartWars »

Otto Kretschmer wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:25 pm Further reduction of unstressed vowels

['saːkɾədɘ]
Even further reduction of unstressed vowels:

['saːkɾədə]
kaêdẑ ac kodẑ vanén etan voâl
ve doâ alber noâ ful dobedẑ
cāêr mıdẑ noâ mūdẑr bet ful
paêl noâ mur gen dobedẑ
User avatar
Rounin Ryuuji
Posts: 2994
Joined: Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:47 pm

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Rounin Ryuuji »

Metathesis:

['saː.kəɾ.də]
Travis B.
Posts: 7639
Joined: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:52 pm

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Travis B. »

Non-rhoticism!

['saː.kə.də]
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.
User avatar
Man in Space
Posts: 1905
Joined: Sat Jul 21, 2018 1:05 am

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Man in Space »

Loss of posttonic unstressed vowels with voicing assimilation of resultant clusters

['saːg.də]
Travis B.
Posts: 7639
Joined: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:52 pm

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Travis B. »

Frication of coda voiced plosives.

['saːɣ.də]
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.
User avatar
Rounin Ryuuji
Posts: 2994
Joined: Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:47 pm

Re: Word evolution game

Post by Rounin Ryuuji »

Voicing of initial fricatives:

['zaːɣ.də]

With a still very conservative orthography:

Σογαρδας
User avatar
foxcatdog
Posts: 1701
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2019 7:49 pm

Re: Word evolution game

Post by foxcatdog »

Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 4:56 pm Voicing of initial fricatives:

['zaːɣ.də]

With a still very conservative orthography:

Σογαρδας
Long a raises to o

['zoːɣ.də]

Also new word

['bæt.ti:]
Post Reply