Word evolution game

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Voiced stops prenasalise:

['mbæt.ti:]
bættí
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Geminate voiceless stops preaspirate.

['ᵐbæʰ.ti:]
bættí
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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Final long high vowels devoice over their length, resulting in a vowel-plus-fricative at the same POA.

['ᵐbæʰ.tiç]
bætti
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[æ] > [ja]

['ᵐbjaʰ.tiç]
bætti
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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:57 pm [æ] > [ja]

['ᵐbjaʰ.tiç]
bætti
Vowels lax before a following voiceless obstruent except for a preaspirated one.
['ᵐbjaʰ.tɪç]

The language is attested in writing for the first time so many phonemicised processes are now written
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*ᵐb > ᵐbʙ:

[ᵐbʙjaʰ.tɪç]

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Man in Space wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:50 am *ᵐb > ᵐbʙ:

[ᵐbʙjaʰ.tɪç]

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t > s before high front vowels

[ᵐbʙjaʰ.sɪç]

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*[ᵐbʙ] > [m̩ʙ]

[m̩ʙjaʰ.sɪç]
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[m̩ʙ] > [ṽ]

[ṽjaʰ.sɪç]
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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: Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:25 am [m̩ʙ] > [ṽ]

[ṽjaʰ.sɪç]
mbjahcich
Palatal consonants front previous vowels

[ṽjɛʰ.sɪç]
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[ṽj] > [ʑ̃]

[ʑ̃ɛʰ.sɪç]

Also minor spelling reforms:
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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 10:56 pm [ṽj] > [ʑ̃]

[ʑ̃ɛʰ.sɪç]

Also minor spelling reforms:
Mjehcich
Vowels devoice when between two voiceless consonants or after preaspirated consonants which subsequnetly deaspirate

[ʑ̃ɛ̇.sɪ̇ç]

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Vowels lengthen and revoice in open syllables following voiced consonants:

[ʑ̃ɛː.sɪ̇ç]
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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:01 am Vowels lengthen and revoice in open syllables following voiced consonants:

[ʑ̃ɛː.sɪ̇ç]
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Voing and nasalisation lost
[ɕɛː.sɪ̇ç]

Orthography is finally updated
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Palatal fricative becomes [f].

[ɕɛː.sɪ̇f]

New orthography remains.

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[ɛː] > [ɛɪ]

[ɕɛɪ.sɪ̇f]

Slight orthographic modifications:

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Applying the change [ɛː] > [ɛɪ] that was made before.

[ɕɛɪ.sɪ̇f]

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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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Slight embarrassment and amusement at being absent-minded enough to not apply my own change, ehehe.
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Voicing of intervocalic fricatives.

[ɕɛɪ.zɪ̇f]

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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 terminal fricatives

[ɕɛɪ.zɪ̇v]

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