Word evolution game

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[m] > [b] between unstressed syllables:

[so˨˩.bo˧.ˈmi]
sòbōmi
"red"

[foxcatdog]

*s > *h

[ho˨˩.bo˧.ˈmi]
hòbōmi
"red"

Really interesting changes here considering stress moving away from the only tonal syllable and long vowels breaking when its just a feature of stressed syllables.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Really interesting changes here considering stress moving away from the only tonal syllable and long vowels breaking when its just a feature of stressed syllables.

I've noticed that possible but phonologically-probelmatic changes often occur in these because the players don't know the phonology of the language in question.

Anyway, tones reanalysed as a pitch accent:

[hò˩.bò.mí]
hobomí
"colour, vivid colour; (now literary) red"

[foxcatdog]

*b > *p

[hò.pò.mí]
hobomí
"colour, vivid colour; (now literary) red"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Assimilation:

[pò.pò.mí]
bobomí
"colour, vivid colour; (now literary) red"

[foxcatdog]

*p > *k
[kò.kò.mí]
bobomí
"colour, vivid colour; (now literary) red"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Umlaut:

[kø̀.kø̀.mí]
gögömí
"colour, vivid colour; (now literary) red"

[linguistcat]

Intervocalic fricativization of voiceless stops

[kø̀.xø̀.mí]
gögömí
"colour, vivid colour; (now literary) red"

[Travis B.]

[x] > [ç] before front vowels

[kø̀.çø̀.mí]
gögömí
"colour, vivid colour; (now literary) red"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Palatalisation before front vowels continues to stops:

[cø̀.çø̀.mí]
gögömí
"colour, vivid colour; (now literary) red"

[foxcatdog]

*m > *n before front vowels

[cø̀.çø̀.ní]
gögömí
"colour, vivid colour; (now literary) red"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ç] > [ɕ]

[cø̀.ɕø̀.ní]
gögömí
"colour, vivid colour; (now literary) red"

[foxcatdog]

*c > *ts

[tsø̀.ɕø̀.ní]
gögömí
"colour, vivid colour; (now literary) red"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Pitch accent shifts:

[tsø̀.ɕǿ.nì]
gögömi
"colour, vivid colour; (now literary) red"

[foxcatdog]

Dissimilation

[tsỳ.ɕǿ.nì]
gögömi
"colour, vivid colour; (now literary) red"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Assimilation:

[tsỳ.ɕý.nì]
gögömi
"colour, vivid colour"

[Travis B.]

Intervocalic fricative voicing.

[tsỳ.ʑý.nì]
gögömi
"colour, vivid colour"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Rhotacism:

[tsỳ.ʁý.nì]
gögömi
"colour, vivid colour"

[Travis B.]

Backing adjacent to uvular consonants.

[tsù.ʁú.nì]
gögömi
"colour, vivid colour"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Rounding harmony:

[tsù.ʁú.nỳ]
gögömi
"colour, vivid colour"

New word:

時計り
to₂ko₂pakari
[t̪ʰɵ́.kʰɵ̀.pʰɑ́.kʰà.ɾ̪ì]
"timepiece, clock"