Word evolution game
Re: Word evolution game
Oh boy we've gone from the most holy goddess of the race in question and also creator of said race to a demon.
Anyways *j > *z postvocalically
['na.zan.tsai]
nazansii
"sun dragon demonness"
Anyways *j > *z postvocalically
['na.zan.tsai]
nazansii
"sun dragon demonness"
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Re: Word evolution game
A vowel followed by a coda nasal becomes a nasalised long vowel that drags stress if the stressed syllable in the word is light:
[na'zãː.tsai]
nazántsai
"lindworm, evil dragon"
[na'zãː.tsai]
nazántsai
"lindworm, evil dragon"
Re: Word evolution game
*ts > *t
[na'zãː.tai]
nazántai
"lindworm, evil dragon"
[na'zãː.tai]
nazántai
"lindworm, evil dragon"
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Re: Word evolution game
Diphthong smoothing:
[na'zãː.taː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon"
[na'zãː.taː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon"
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Re: Word evolution game
Low nasal vowels raise before losing nasalization:
[na'zeː.taː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon"
[na'zeː.taː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon"
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Re: Word evolution game
Intervocalic stop loss
[na'zeː.aː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon; plumbing snake tool"
[na'zeː.aː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon; plumbing snake tool"
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Re: Word evolution game
Not without precedent—look at the Hindu devas vs. the…whatever they are in Zoroastrianism.
Re: Word evolution game
Hiatus resolution
[na'zeː.jaː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon; plumbing snake tool"
True but i imagine this group is overtly heretical given that the goddess in question is real.
[na'zeː.jaː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon; plumbing snake tool"
True but i imagine this group is overtly heretical given that the goddess in question is real.
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Re: Word evolution game
Initial nasals are lost
[a'zeː.jaː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon; plumbing snake tool"
[a'zeː.jaː]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon; plumbing snake tool"
Re: Word evolution game
Final long vowels shorten
[a'zeː.ja]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon; plumbing snake tool"
[a'zeː.ja]
nazántá
"lindworm, evil dragon; plumbing snake tool"
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Re: Word evolution game
Rhotacism:
[a'ʀeː.ja]
aréya
"plumbing snake tool"
[a'ʀeː.ja]
aréya
"plumbing snake tool"
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*j > *dz
[a'ʀeː.dza]
aréya
"plumbing snake tool"
[a'ʀeː.dza]
aréya
"plumbing snake tool"
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Re: Word evolution game
[eː] > [ia]
[a'ʀia.dza]
ariadza
"plumbing snake tool; anything long and sinuous"
[a'ʀia.dza]
ariadza
"plumbing snake tool; anything long and sinuous"
Re: Word evolution game
[i] before a vowel coalesces with preceding uvulars turning them into velars.
[a'ɣa.dza]
ariadza
"plumbing snake tool; anything long and sinuous"
[a'ɣa.dza]
ariadza
"plumbing snake tool; anything long and sinuous"
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.
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
Intervocalic velar fricatives coalesce with the vowels
['a:.dza]
ariadza
"plumbing snake tool; anything long and sinuous"
['a:.dza]
ariadza
"plumbing snake tool; anything long and sinuous"
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*dz . *d
['a:.da]
aada
"plumbing snake tool; anything long and sinuous"
Also new word from the colloquial register of the lower classes this time.
['pɔ.ʃi]
pośi
“dog”
['a:.da]
aada
"plumbing snake tool; anything long and sinuous"
Also new word from the colloquial register of the lower classes this time.
['pɔ.ʃi]
pośi
“dog”
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Re: Word evolution game
Fronting of back vowels before coronals
['pœ.ʃi]
pośi
“dog”
['pœ.ʃi]
pośi
“dog”
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Re: Word evolution game
Unstressed [i] > [ɘ] after coronals and sibilants.
['pœ.ʃɘ]
pöşy
“dog”
['pœ.ʃɘ]
pöşy
“dog”
Re: Word evolution game
Disproportionation of rounded front vowels to unrounded front-rounded back diphthongs
['pɛɔ.ʃɘ]
pöşy
“dog”
['pɛɔ.ʃɘ]
pöşy
“dog”
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.
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
Loss of unstressed [ɘ] with compensatory lengthening:
['pɛːɔ̯ʃ]
pöşy
“dog”
['pɛːɔ̯ʃ]
pöşy
“dog”