Word evolution game

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Loss of intervocalic voiced implosives with semivocalic excrescence

[ˈɕoː.wən]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
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[oː] > [uo]

[ˈɕuo.wən]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Palatals and labials trigger fronting and rounding of following consonants, respectively:

[ˈɕyø.won]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
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*o > *u before nasals

[ˈɕyø.wun]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
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Collapse of sequences of vowel-glide-vowel:

[ˈɕy̯øu̯n]
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'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
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Triphthong reduction.

[ˈɕy̯un]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha 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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Loss of terminal nasals with compensatory nasalisation:

[ˈɕỹ̯ũ]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
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Fixing the above change:

[ˈɕỹ̯ũ]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Oops, realised I never confirmed the edit after I forgot to delete the "n".
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[y̯u] > [i̯u], [ỹ̯ũ] > [ĩ̯ũ]

[ˈɕĩ̯ũ]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha 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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Consonantalisation of nonsyllabic vowels:

[ɕcɕũ]
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'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
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ɕcɕ → ɕː

[ɕːũ]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; burnt'
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Transfer of consonant length onto vowels.

[ɕũː]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; burnt'
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Vowel lenght lost

[ɕũ]
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'black, dark colour; burnt'
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Reduplication for emphasis, as well as spelling reform

[ɕũɕũ]
hyun-hyun
'burnt, blackened'
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Intervocalic voicing.

[ɕũʑũ]
hyun-hyun
'burnt, blackened'
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha 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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Analogical voicing of the initial

[ʑũʑũ]
zhunzhun
'burnt, blackened'
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Fortition of initial [ʑ] to [dʑ].

[dʑũʑũ]
zhunzhun
'burnt, blackened'
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Dissimilation

[dʑœ̃ʊ̯ʑũ]
zhunzhun
'burnt, blackened'
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[œ̃ʊ̯] > [ɛ̃ʊ̯̃]

[dʑɛ̃ʊ̯̃ʑũ]
zhunzhun
'burnt, blackened'
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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