Word evolution game

[Zju]

Atypical nucleus metathesis causes an interdimensional portal to open:

蛙杝
kédyāhi
[c͡çʰé̞ˑ.^n̪d̪i̯ɐ̞̂ː.çì]
"red maple; Canada, Canadian"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Palatalisation (alongside ignoring the absurdity, which is getting old):

蛙杝
khédyāhi
[c͡çʰé̞ˑ.^ɲɟʑɐ̞̂ː.çì]
"red maple"

[Zju]

Vowels lower in front of other low vowels:

蛙杝
khédyāhi
[c͡çʰǽˑ.^ɲɟʑɐ̞̂ː.çì]
"red maple"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Disaffrication

蛙杝
héjâhi
[çǽˑ.^ɲʑɐ̞̂ː.çì]
"red maple"

[Zju]

Prenasalised fricatives assimilate to long nasals:

蛙杝
hénnâhi
[çǽˑ.ɲːɐ̞̂ː.çì]
"red maple"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Resyllabification

蛙杝
hennâhi
[çæ̀ɲ.ɲɐ̞́ː.çì]
"red maple"

(Note: Also cleaned up the pitch accent and length notation; half-length occurs only if the last high-pitched vowel is short; if it is long, then it has no further lengthening; the pitch accent is usually predictable from the moraic qualities of the vowels, would have shifted to look like this alongside the other changes.)

[foxcatdog]

*ç > *s initially

蛙杝
sennâhi
[sæ̀ɲ.ɲɐ̞́ː.çì]
"red maple"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of intervocalic [ç]:

蛙杝
sennâi
[sæ̀ɲ.ɲɐ̞́ːì]
"red maple"

[Zju]

ɲ > n

蛙杝
sennâi
[sæ̀n.nɐ̞́ːì]
"red maple"

[Travis B.]

[nn] > [dn]

蛙杝
sennâi
[sæ̀d.nɐ̞́ːì]
"red maple"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Palatalisation before front vowels:

蛙杝
shadnâi
[ɕæ̀d.nɐ̞́ːì]
"red maple"

[Zju]

Metathesis

蛙杝
shandâi
[ɕæ̀n.dɐ̞́ːì]
"red maple"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[æ ɐ̞ːi] > [ɛ ɛːj]

蛙杝
shendêy
[ɕɛ̀n.dɛ̂ːj]
"red maple"

[Zju]

Epenthesis in RC clusters:

蛙杝
shenèdêy
[ɕɛ̀nedɛ̂ːj]
"red maple"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[n] > [ɾ] between oral vowels (also fixed the pitch accent notation again)

蛙杝
shäredây
[ɕɛ́.ɾè.dɛ̂ːj]
"red maple"

[Zju]

Speakers get tired of half-arsing it and affricate non dental sibilants:

蛙杝
tshäredây
[t͡ɕɛ́.ɾè.dɛ̂ːj]
"red maple"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Speakers get tired of half-arsing it

I don't think this is how sound change usually works.

Anyway, [ɛ e] merge to [e̞].


蛙杝
cheredêi
[t͡ɕé̞.ɾè̞.dê̞ːj]
"red maple"

[Zju]

I don't think this is how sound change usually works.

French had /j/ → /d͡ʒ/, no?

Diphthongs monophthongise:

蛙杝
cheredî
[t͡ɕé̞.ɾè̞.dî]
"red maple"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

I don't think this is how sound change usually works.

French had /j/ → /d͡ʒ/, no?

Yes, but I don't think anybody was tired of [j] and suddenly decided consciously to affricate it.

Anyway, intrusive [ç] after terminal [i] with a rising-falling pitch.

蛙杝
cheredîh
[t͡ɕé̞.ɾè̞.dîç]
"red maple"

[Travis B.]

[è̞] > [ə̀]

蛙杝
cheredîh
[t͡ɕé̞.ɾə̀.dîç]
"red maple"