Word evolution game

[Travis B.]

Unstressed intervocalic [n] elides, leaving the preceding vowel nasalized.

[əl'bɔ̃ːʊ̃.ə]
halbóuna
"to anoint"

[əl'bɔ̃ːʊ̃.ə.koʊ]
halbóunakou
"anointed"

[foxcatdog]

*oʊ > *oy

[əl'bɔ̃ːʊ̃.ə]
halbóuna
"to anoint"

[əl'bɔ̃ːʊ̃.ə.koy]
halbóunakou
"anointed"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Fortition of post-nasal-vowel [ə] > [n]

[əl'bɔ̃ːʊ̃n]
halbóun
"to anoint"

[əl'bɔ̃ːʊ̃n.koy]
halbóunkou
"anointed"

[foxcatdog]

*ə > *i

[il'bɔ̃ːʊ̃n]
ilbóun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'bɔ̃ːʊ̃n.koy]
ilbóunkou
"anointed"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[oy] > [ei]

[il'bɔ̃ːʊ̃n]
ilbóun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'bɔ̃ːʊ̃n.kei]
ilbóunkou
"anointed"

[Man in Space]

I really like the semantic drift in the first one.

Stops become nasals before nasal vowels:

[il'mɔ̃ːʊ̃n]
ilbóun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'mɔ̃ːʊ̃n.kei]
ilbóunkou
"anointed"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Long vowels break in terminal syllables, but shorten medially. Orthographic forms attempt to be both phonetic and historical:

[il'mʏ̃ɛ̃ʊ̃n]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'mɔ̃ʊ̃n.kei]
hilmbounkei
"anointed"

[foxcatdog]

*k > *s before front vowels

[il'mʏ̃ɛ̃ʊ̃n]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'mɔ̃ʊ̃n.sei]
hilmbounkei
"anointed"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of preconsonantal nasals:

[il'mʏ̃ɛ̃ʊ̃n]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'mɔ̃ʊ̃.sei]
hilmbounkei
"anointed"

[Zju]

Triphthong roundness harmony:

[il'mʏ̃œ̃ʏ̃n]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'mɔ̃ʊ̃.sei]
hilmbounkei
"greasy; sweaty"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of terminal [n].

[il'mʏ̃œ̃ʏ̃]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[il'mɔ̃ʊ̃.sei]
hilmbounkei
"greasy; sweaty"

[foxcatdog]

*l lost laxing consonants

[ɪ'mʏ̃œ̃ʏ̃]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[ɪ'mɔ̃ʊ̃.sei]
hilmbounkei
"greasy; sweaty"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Front rounded vowels deround

[ɪ'mɪ̃ɛ̃ɪ̃]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[ɪ'mɔ̃ʊ̃.sei]
hilmbounkei
"greasy; sweaty"
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[Zju]

Nasalisation spreads

[ɪ̃'mɪ̃ɛ̃ɪ̃]
hilmbüeun
"to mark/tattoo"

[ɪ̃'mɔ̃ʊ̃.sei]
hilmbounkei
"greasy; sweaty"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Stress shifts to the last heaviest syllable:

[ɪ̃'mɪ̃ɛ̃ɪ̃]
inmiein
"scar, mark; (now somewhat old-fashioned) tattoo, artistic marking on the body"

[ɪ̃.mɔ̃ʊ̃'sei]
inmounsei
"(of grass) dewy; (of air) foggy; (obsolete or dialectal) greasy, sweaty"

[Travis B.]

Vowel nasalization is lost, but stressed nasalized vowel have nasalization ejected as a nasal semivowel, which replaces any final offglide.

[ɪ'mɪɛw̃]
inmiein
"scar, mark; (now somewhat old-fashioned) tattoo, artistic marking on the body"

[ɪ.mɔʊ'sei]
inmounsei
"(of grass) dewy; (of air) foggy; (obsolete or dialectal) greasy, sweaty"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Reduction of unstressed vowels and diphthongs

[ɨ'mɪɛw̃]
inmiein
"scar, mark; (now somewhat old-fashioned) tattoo, artistic marking on the body"

[ɨ.mɵ'sei]
inmounsei
"(of grass) dewy; (of air) foggy; (obsolete or dialectal) greasy, sweaty"

[Zju]

lenition

[ɨ'mɪɛw̃]
inmiein
"scar, mark; (now somewhat old-fashioned) tattoo, artistic marking on the body"

[ɨ.mɵ'zei]
inmounsei
"(of grass) dewy; (of air) foggy; (obsolete or dialectal) greasy, sweaty"

[Man in Space]

Vowel lowering in checked syllables (including diphthongs)

[ɨ'mɪæw̃]
inmiein
"scar, mark; (now somewhat old-fashioned) tattoo, artistic marking on the body"

[ɨ.mɵ'zæi]
inmounsei
"(of drinks, containers, or surfaces) featuring condensation; (of windows or glass) frosted over; (of grass) dewy; (of air) foggy"

[Travis B.]

[æi] > [ai]

[ɨ'mɪæw̃]
inmiein
"scar, mark; (now somewhat old-fashioned) tattoo, artistic marking on the body"

[ɨ.mɵ'zai]
inmounsei
"(of drinks, containers, or surfaces) featuring condensation; (of windows or glass) frosted over; (of grass) dewy; (of air) foggy"