Word evolution game

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Second syllable changes analogically under the influence of standalone 月 (tsuki):

月夜見
つくよみ
[tsɯ̟̊ᵝ.ci.jo.mi]
Tsukiyomi

[Man in Space]

Second syllable changes analogically under the influence of standalone 月 (tsuki)

Oh, that's a really good/cool one. Never would've thought of that myself.

Roundedness harmony

月夜見
つくよみ
[tsɯ̟̊.ci.jɤ.mi]
Tsukiyomi

[Rounin Ryuuji]

i-mutation:

月夜見
つきえみ
[tsi̥ᵝ.ci.je.mi]
Tsükiyemi

[foxcatdog]

*ts > *s:

月夜見
つきえみ
[si̥ᵝ.ci.je.mi]
Tsükiyemi

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Sequences of vowel-glide-vowel collapse into glide + long vowel:

月夜見
つきえみ
[si̥ᵝ.cjeː.mi]
Tsükyēmi

[Travis B.]

[c] > [tɕ]

月夜見
つきえみ
[si̥ᵝ.tɕjeː.mi]
Tsükyēmi

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of voiceless vowels with assimilation in new clusters:

月夜見
つきえみ
[ɕtɕjeː.mi]
Shchyēmi

[foxcatdog]

*ɕtɕ > *cç

月夜見
つきえみ
[cçjeː.mi]
ccyēmi

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[jeː] > [iː]

月夜見
つきえみ
[cçiː.mi]
kyīmi

[foxcatdog]

*i: breaking

月夜見
つきえみ
[cçwi.mi]
kyuimi

[Man in Space]

w…m > m…m

月夜見
つきえみ
[cçmi.mi]
kyuimi

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[cçm] > [ɲ]

月夜見
にみ
[ɲi.mi]
nyimi

[foxcatdog]

[cçm] > [ɲ]

月夜見
にみ
[ɲi.mi]
nyimi

A dramatic change from....

[tsɯ̟̊ᵝkɯ̟ᵝjomi]
tsukuyomi
つくよみ

[Man in Space]

And we can go further still.

Sesquisyllabification

月夜見
にみ
[ɲə̆mi]
nyami

[Travis B.]

Monosyllabification.

月夜見
にみ
[ɲmi]
nymi

[Darren]

Nasal dissimilation

月夜見
にみ
[ɟmi]
dymi

[Travis B.]

Elision of [m] / C_V with nasalization of the following vowel.

月夜見
にみ
[ɟĩ]
dymi

[foxcatdog]

*ɟ > *j

月夜見
にみ
[jĩ]
jim

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of [j] before front vowels

月夜見
にみ
[ĩ]
im

Now Japanese is monosyllabic (contrast with polysyllabic Future Mandarin).

[Zju]

Word-final nasal vowels are lost:

月夜見
にみ
[]
im

New word:
['ᵐbʙuzi 't͡ɕʼeⱱe]
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