Word evolution game

[foxcatdog]

Diphthongisation in stressed syllables

['θoi.çi]
télhi

[Man in Space]

*θ > Ø

['oi.çi]
télhi
‘minor correction’

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[o] > [wo]

['woi.çi]
thólhi
‘minor correction’

[Darren]

[θ] → [f]

['fe.çi]
télhi

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ç] > [ɕ], also Interdialectal Borrowing:

['woi.ɕi]
thólhi
"correction, amendment"

['fe.ɕi]
féhi
"mistake, error"

[foxcatdog]

*f > *v when initial

['woi.ɕi]
thólhi
"correction, amendment"

['ve.ɕi]
féhi
"mistake, error"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[i] > [ɘ] in terminal unstressed syllables after short open syllables:

['woi.ɕi]
thólhi
"correction, amendment"

['ve.ɕɘ]
féhi
"mistake, error"
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[foxcatdog]

Sibilant collapse

['woi.si]
thólhi
"correction, amendment"

['ve.sɘ]
féhi
"mistake, error"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[s] > [ç] before [i]

['woi.çi]
thólhi
"correction, amendment"

['ve.sɘ]
féhi
"mistake, error"

[foxcatdog]

[s] > [ç] before [i]

['woi.çi]
thólhi
"correction, amendment"

['ve.sɘ]
féhi
"mistake, error"

i give up

[linguistcat]

Intervocalic voicing, and spelling reform

['woi.ʝi]
wóyji
"correction, amendment"

['ve.zɘ]
vézi
"mistake, error"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of terminal unstressed [ɘ] with compensatory lengthening

['woi.ʝi]
wóyji
"correction, amendment"

['veːz]
vézi
"mistake, error"

[Man in Space]

*woi- > uj-

['uj.ʝi]
wóyji
"correction, amendment"

['veːz]
vézi
"mistake, error"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[eː] > [ej]

['uj.ʝi]
wóyji
"correction, amendment"

['vejz]
vézi
"mistake, error"

[foxcatdog]

Reviving this thread

[ba˧.bẽ:˦]

babę́ę́
"dog"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[a]-fronting

[bæ˧.bẽ:˦]

babę́ę́
"dog"

[Travis B.]

Intervocalic lenition

[bæ˧.βẽ:˦]

bavę́ę́
"dog"

[foxcatdog]

In general vowels heighten. But unseen is *u > *a

[be˧.βĩ:˦]

bavę́ę́
"dog"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Diphthongisation of long vowels:

[be˧.βĩã˦]

baváin
"dog"

[foxcatdog]

Breaking before voiced consonants

[bja˧.βĩã˦]

baváin
"dog"