Word evolution game

[Man in Space]

Dahl’s law, but for fricatives

[feʑ eːi]
Vezh êi
"Vezh language"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Rhotacism:

[feʁ eːi]
Fer êi
"Fer language"

[foxcatdog]

[t͡so.ci]
sóki
"A type of game similar to chess"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Is that another Japonic thing?

Either way, i-mutation

[t͡sø.ci]
seoki
"A type of game similar to chess"

[Man in Space]

High vowels generate epenthetic consonants when final

[t͡sø.ciç]
seoki
"A type of game similar to chess"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[c] > [c͡ç]

[t͡sø.c͡çiç]
seoki
"A type of game similar to chess"

[Zju]

Palatalisation:

[c͡çø.c͡çiç]
seoki
"A type of game similar to chess"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Front rounded vowels break:

[c͡çjo.c͡çiç]
kioki
"A type of game similar to chess"

[foxcatdog]

*ç becomes *x in coda

[c͡çjo.c͡çix]
kiokix
"A type of game similar to chess"

[Man in Space]

Syllabic synharmony

[c͡çjo.c͡çi.xi]
kiokixi
'a type of game similar to chess'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[x] > [ʁ]

[c͡çjo.c͡çi.ʁi]
kiokiri
'a type of game similar to chess'
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[Travis B.]

People decide that they like [t͡ɕ] better than [c͡ç].

[t͡ɕjo.t͡ɕi.ʁi]
kiokiri
'a type of game similar to chess'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Disaffrication

[ɕjo.ɕi.ʁi]
shioshiri
'a type of game similar to chess'

[Travis B.]

[j] > 0 / [ɕ]_V

[ɕo.ɕi.ʁi]
shioshiri
'a type of game similar to chess'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Terminal [ʁi] > [l] in words of three syllables or more.

[ɕo.ɕil]
shoshil
'a type of game similar to chess'

[Travis B.]

[ɕ] > [ʂ] \ _V[-front]

[ʂo.ɕil]
shoshil
'a type of game similar to chess'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Coda [l] > [w]

[ʂo.ɕiw]
shoshil
'a type of game similar to chess'

[Man in Space]

*iw > u after palatals

[ʂo.ɕu]
shoçu
'a type of game similar to chess'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Palatals trigger fronting of following vowels:

[ʂo.ɕy]
shoshü
'a type of game similar to chess'

[foxcatdog]

*y > *i

[ʂo.ɕi]
shoshi
'a type of game similar to chess'