Word evolution game

[foxcatdog]

Voicing of terminal fricatives

[ɕɛɪ.zɪ̇v]

Śeysiph

Words become stressed on the inital syllable. Then unstressed syllables elide

[ɕɛɪ.zv]

Śeysiph

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Epinthesis:

[ɕɛɪ.zvə]

Minor orthographical changes:
Śeysph

[Jonlang]

Dissimilation:

[ɕɛɪ.dvə]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Metathesis:

['ɕɛɪv.də]

Further orthographic revision:
Śeyphdë

[foxcatdog]

Metathesis:

['ɕɛɪv.də]

Further orthographic revision:
Śeyphdë

ə > o

['ɕɛɪv.do]

Śeyphdë

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[v] > [w]

['ɕɛɪw.do]
Śeyphdë

[Man in Space]

Sibilants merge as /s/

['sɛɪw.do]

The Welsh take over, promulgating linguistic reform.

seuwdo

[foxcatdog]

Sibilants merge as /s/

['sɛɪw.do]

The Welsh take over, promulgating linguistic reform.

seuwdo

Coda glides in stressed syllables gain an echo of the following vowel

['sɛɪ.wo.do]

seuwodo

[foxcatdog]

New word stolen from Nostraic. Means heart in Nostraic but here it means fire.

['kʼard]

k'ard

From this we see its most basic changes in eastern and western subgroups namely the fronting of its so called called "mid" vowels *a, *ɤ, *ɯ before liquids in eastern while in western such vowels become rounded. You can chose to evolve from one or both of these starting points.

['kʼærd]

k'ärd

['kʼɒrd]

k'ård

[Travis B.]

Insertion of schwas after final voiced consonants.

['kʼærdə]

k'ärda

['kʼɒrdə]

k'årda

[vegfarandi]

Palatalization of velars before front vowels.

['cʼærdə]

k'ärda

['kʼɒrdə]

k'årda

[Travis B.]

Cluster reduction to geminates.

['cʼærːə]

k'ärda

['kʼɒrːə]

k'årda

[WarpedWartWars]

Cluster reduction to geminates.

['cʼærːə]

k'ärda

['kʼɒrːə]

k'årda

I'm surprised I'm even able to pronounce those.

East: De-ejectivization (did I spell that right?):
['cærːə]
Remove ejectivization mark:
kärda

West: Backing of stops:
['qʼɒrːə]
"d" removed:
k'åra

[foxcatdog]

I'm surprised I'm even able to pronounce those.

East: De-ejectivization (did I spell that right?):
['cærːə]
Remove ejectivization mark:
kärda

West: Backing of stops:
['qʼɒrːə]
"d" removed:
k'åra

Eastern is beginning to split into subgroups based on the reflexes of the schwa

['cærːi]

kärri

['cærːu]

kärru

Western *r clusters retroflex

['qʼɒɽːə]

k'åra
[/quote]

[WarpedWartWars]

Eastern is beginning to split into subgroups based on the reflexes of the schwa

['cʼærːi]

k'ärri

['cʼærːu]

k'ärru

What happened to the de-ejectivization?

[foxcatdog]

Eastern is beginning to split into subgroups based on the reflexes of the schwa

['cʼærːi]

k'ärri

['cʼærːu]

k'ärru

What happened to the de-ejectivization?

I accidentally quoted the top part instead of the bottom part mb.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[c] > [ç] spreads through the Eastern varieties

['çærːi]
härri

['çærːu]
härru

De-ejectivisation spreads West from the East

['qɒɽːə]
qåra

[Man in Space]

Eastern A devoices final vowels:

['çærːi̥]
härri

Eastern B basically goes the Ubykh route:

['hʲɐrːʷə]
herru

Retroflex-induced vowel breakage occurs in Western:

['qɔʌ̯ɽːə]
qårra

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Eastern A: [æ] > [eə]

['çeərːi̥]
härri

Eastern B [rʷ] > [ɫ]

['hʲɐɫːə]
herru

Western undergoes Satemisation:

['kɔʌ̯ɽːə]
kårra

[Man in Space]

Eastern A *rː > dʒ / _E:

['çeədʒi̥]
härri

Eastern B *ʲɐ > ea̯ in environments of palatalization:

['hea̯ɫːə]
herru

Intervocalic *ɽː becomes ɖʐ in Western:

['kɔʌ̯ɖʐə]
kårra