Word evolution game

[foxcatdog]

Plain o raises to *ʊ to help distinguish one from four

[ⁿdoa˩˧] - dóa
[ʔʲsi˧] - y'khi
[^ɲɟa˥] - gyá
[ⁿdʊ˧] - du
[ʔʲa˧] - qya
[si˧] - shi
[ɬhɒ˧] - lhsao
[ⁿdɔj˩] - dòai
[fʷtʷʼa˧] - phtwa
[^ɲɟi˥] - gyí

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of preconsonantal fricatives:

[ⁿdoa˩˧] - dóa
[ʔʲsi˧] - y'khi
[^ɲɟa˥] - gyá
[ⁿdʊ˧] - du
[ʔʲa˧] - qya
[si˧] - shi
[hɒ˧] - hao
[ⁿdɔj˩] - dòai
[tʷʼa˧] - twa
[^ɲɟi˥] - gyí

[foxcatdog]

Labilisation lost rounding previous vowels

[ⁿdoa˩˧] - dóa
[ʔʲsi˧] - y'khi
[^ɲɟa˥] - gyá
[ⁿdʊ˧] - du
[ʔʲa˧] - qya
[si˧] - shi
[hɒ˧] - hao
[ⁿdɔj˩] - dòai
[tʼɒ˧] - tao
[^ɲɟi˥] - gyí

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of ejectivisation:

[ⁿdoa˩˧] - dóa
[ʔʲsi˧] - y'khi
[^ɲɟa˥] - gyá
[ⁿdʊ˧] - du
[ʔʲa˧] - qya
[si˧] - shi
[hɒ˧] - hao
[ⁿdɔj˩] - dòai
[tɒ˧] - tao
[^ɲɟi˥] - gyí

[foxcatdog]

[ⁿdʊa˩˧] - dóa
[ʔʲsi˧] - y'khi
[^ɲɟa˥] - gyá
[ⁿdʉ˧] - du
[ʔʲa˧] - qya
[si˧] - shi
[hɔ˧] - hao
[ⁿdoj˩] - dòai
[tɔ˧] - tao
[^ɲɟi˥] - gyí

Chainshift of *ɒ > *ɔ > *o > *ʊ > *ʉ

[Rounin Ryuuji]

The tonal accent becomes a pitch accent, with low rising becoming high-low, mid becoming unaccented, high level becoming high, low level becoming low.

[ⁿdʊ́à] - dóa
[ʔʲsi] - qsi
[^ɲɟá] - gyá
[ⁿdʉ] - du
[ʔʲa] - qya
[si] - si
[hɔ] - hao
[ⁿdòj˩] - dòy
[tɔ] - tao
[^ɲɟí] - gí

[foxcatdog]

The tonal accent becomes a pitch accent, with low rising becoming high-low, mid becoming unaccented, high level becoming high, low level becoming low.

[ⁿdʊ́à] - dóa
[ʔʲsi] - qsi
[^ɲɟá] - gyá
[ⁿdʉ] - du
[ʔʲa] - qya
[si] - si
[hɔ] - hao
[ⁿdòj˩] - dòy
[tɔ] - tao
[^ɲɟí] - gí

How the fuck do you have a pitch accent on a monosyllabic language?

[Rounin Ryuuji]

I've usually understood the pitches of monosyllabic words with short vowels operate relative to the pitches of preceding and following syllables.

[foxcatdog]

I've usually understood the pitches of monosyllabic words with short vowels operate relative to the pitches of preceding and following syllables.

yeah but this is word evolution game not sentence evolution game so its irrelevant

[Rounin Ryuuji]

I've usually understood the pitches of monosyllabic words with short vowels operate relative to the pitches of preceding and following syllables.

yeah but this is word evolution game not sentence evolution game so its irrelevant

And the words evolved to have pitch relative to each-other, as opposed to fixed tones.

[foxcatdog]

Final vowels acquire an epenthetic nasal when next to a vowel or prenasalised initial word

[ⁿdʊ́àⁿ] - dóa
[ʔʲsiⁿ] - qsi
[^ɲɟáⁿ] - gyá
[ⁿdʉⁿ] - du
[ʔʲaⁿ] - qya
[siⁿ] - si
[hɔⁿ] - hao
[ⁿdòj˩] - dòy
[tɔⁿ] - tao
[^ɲɟíⁿ] - gí

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[oj] > [e], the post-nasalisation remains productive;

[ⁿdʊ́àⁿ] - dóa
[ʔʲsiⁿ] - qsi
[^ɲɟáⁿ] - gyá
[ⁿdʉⁿ] - du
[ʔʲaⁿ] - qya
[siⁿ] - si
[hɔⁿ] - hao
[ⁿdèⁿ] - dè
[tɔⁿ] - tao
[^ɲɟíⁿ] - gí

[foxcatdog]

New Word

[ar˧ksʲə˧tus˥]

[Zju]

Metathesis:

[ar˧sʲkʲə˧tus˥]

[sasasha]

Pitch accents shifts to stress accent; non-mid gets stress; stressed /u/ > /ʏ/. Romanization provided.

[arsʲkʲəˈtʏs]

arscıtüs

[Travis B.]

Pitch accents shifts to stress accent; non-mid gets stress; stressed /u/ > /ʏ/. Romanization provided.

[arsʲkʲəˈtʏs]

arscıtüs

Just so you know for next time, in this game we normally make one change at a time, aside from romanization changes.

[sasasha]

Ah, I see.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[kʲ] > [ç]
[arsʲçəˈtʏs]

arschetys

[Travis B.]

[sʲç] > [sʲː]
[arsʲːəˈtʏs]

arschetys

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Non-rhotacism:
[aːsʲːəˈtʏs]

áschetys