Word evolution game

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Re: Word evolution game

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

[ʁjəɕ.'cɕe:.ɕəʂ]
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[ɕ.cɕ] > [ɕ.ɕ]

[ʁjəɕ.'ɕe:.ɕəʂ]
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T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Loss of posttonic unstressed syllables.

[ʁjəɕ.'ɕe:ɕ]
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Coda [ɕ] > [j]

[ʁjəj.'ɕe:j]
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Re: Word evolution game

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[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]
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ɛː lowers to æː

['sɔːkratæːs]
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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.
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Re: Word evolution game

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[ɔː æː] > [aː]

['saːkrataːh]
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Trills become flaps.

['saːkɾataːh]
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vegfarandi wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 1:51 pm Trills become flaps.

['saːkɾataːh]
Final [h] disappears:

['saːkɾataː]
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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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.
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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.
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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Further reduction of unstressed vowels

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

['saːkɾədɘ]
Even further reduction of unstressed vowels:

['saːkɾədə]
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:

['saː.kəɾ.də]
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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.
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Loss of posttonic unstressed vowels with voicing assimilation of resultant clusters

['saːg.də]
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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.
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Re: Word evolution game

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Voicing of initial fricatives:

['zaːɣ.də]

With a still very conservative orthography:

Σογαρδας
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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:]
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