Word evolution game

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Vowel breaking under influence of following /i/

[ʂue.ɕi]
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Deretroflection

[sue.ɕi]
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*ue > *u

[su.ɕi]
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Terminal [i] > [ɘ]

[su.ɕɘ]
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Fixing the above.

[su.ɕɘ]
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Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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*s > *ɬ

[ɬu.ɕɘ]
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Metathesis

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Loss of terminal vowels with compensatory lengthening:

[ɕuːɬ]
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Consonant harmony triggered

[ɬuːɬ]
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[ɬ] > [ɕ]

[ɕuːɕ]
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'a type of game similar to chess'
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Coda [ɕ] > [j]

[ɕuːj]
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Fronting of back vowels before /j/.

[ɕyːj]
shúy
'a type of game similar to chess'
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate 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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[yːj] > [ɥiː]

[ɕɥiː]
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*ɕɥ > *ʑʷ

[ʑʷiː]
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That is quite a change. Let's have a new one:

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The Northumbrian burr (or, no, the language cannot run Crysis)

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Aspiration becomes affrication:

[k͡xʁʷɑɪ̯.sɨs]
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[k͡x] > [x] \ #_

[xʁʷɑɪ̯.sɨs]
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Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Non-terminal [s] becomes apical:

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*ɨ > *u

[xʁʷɑɪ̯.s̺us]
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