Word evolution game

[foxcatdog]

*β > *w

['wɨs çeyɕ]
Bhys hyeüsh

'Bhys language'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ç] > [j]

['wɨs jeyɕ]
Wys yeüsh

'Wys language'

[Esneirra973]

The roundedness of semivowels and vowels assimilates into adjacent phonemes.

['wʉs jøyɕ]
Wıs yöüsh

'Wıs language'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Coalescence into a single word:
['wʉɕ.ɕøyɕ]
Wısshöüsh

'Wıs language'

[Man in Space]

High vowels adjacent to a semivowel lower

['wɵɕ.ɕøyɕ]
Wısshöüsh

'Wıs language'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Monophthongisation of unstressed diphthongs:

['wɵɕ.ɕyɕ]
Wısshüsh
'Wıs language'

[foxcatdog]

Non back rounded vowels unround
['wəɕ.ɕiɕ]
Wesshish
'Wes language'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Stressed [ə] fronts to [e]:

['weɕ.ɕiɕ]
Wesshish
'Wes language'

[Travis B.]

Coda [ɕ] > [h]

['weh.ɕih]
Wesshish
'Wes language'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of coda [h] in unstressed syllables:

['weh.ɕi]
Wehshi
'Wes language'

[Man in Space]

Final vowels lost along with terminal cluster simplification

[weɕ]
Wehshi
'Wes language'

[Zju]

Fortition of semivowels (+readding word for language)

[beɕ ɟeih]
Besh jeih
'Bes language'

[Man in Space]

Lag dissimilation of palatals

[beɕ eih]
Besh jeih
'Bes language'

[foxcatdog]

Lag dissimilation of palatals

[beɕ eih]
Besh jeih
'Bes language'

What is this meant to be?

[Man in Space]

The second element of the diphthong is palatal. The palatal stop at the beginning of the first word deleted under its influence.

[foxcatdog]

The second element of the diphthong is palatal. The palatal stop at the beginning of the first word deleted under its influence.

uh
i thought you made a mistake

[foxcatdog]

*h lost with compensatory lengthening of vowels

[beɕ ei:]
Besh jeih
'Bes language'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Quantitative metathesis:

[beɕ eːi]
Besh êi
"Besh language"

[Man in Space]

Betacism

[veɕ eːi]
Besh êi
"Besh language"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Coda sibilants voice:

[veʑ eːi]
Vezh êi
"Vezh language"