Multiplex Word Evolution Game

[foxcatdog]

I didn't i'm just deliberately ignoring it since i consider it spent. Next time i will include a whole paragraph of sentences to prevent this same thing from happening.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[æː] > [æi]

['tæiv 'tyɸ 'aː nɛ 'meːi 'æiv 'nis]
Tägiäm tuf ag näi megi ägiäm nis

[ai] > [ei]

['ũ 'iɛ^dntsʲ t_'hei 'huɐ]
Una enśa tu hai haa

[Travis B.]

I didn't i'm just deliberately ignoring it since i consider it spent. Next time i will include a whole paragraph of sentences to prevent this same thing from happening.

There is plenty of life left in the first sentence though! We have not really destroyed it yet by any means.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Yes, I think we're doing pretty well with it; the newer sentence is getting "destroyed" much faster, from the look of it.

[Man in Space]

Function word erosion

['tæiv 'tyɸ 'aː_m_'meːi 'æiv 'nis]
Tägiäm tuf ag näi megi ägiäm nis

Function word erosion

['ũ 'iɛ^dnt_t_'hei 'huɐ]
Una enśa tu hai haa

[foxcatdog]

*ɸ/v > *w
['tæiv 'tyw 'aː_m_'meːi 'æiw 'nis]
Tägiäm tuf ag näi megi ägiäm nis


*h lost after another consonant

['ũ 'iɛ^dnt_t_'ei 'huɐ]
Una enśa tu hai haa

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[eː] > [ja]

['tæiv 'tyw 'aː_m_'mjai 'æiv 'nis]
Täiv tüf ág n'myai äiv nis

[uɐ] > [o]

['ũ 'iɛ^dnt_t_'ei 'ho]
Un' iednt t' hei ho

[foxcatdog]

Geminates fortite

['tæiv 'tyw 'aː_m_'bjai 'æiv 'nis]
Täiv tüf ág n'myai äiv nis

*d > *j

['ũ 'iɛjnt_t_'ei 'ho]
Un' iednt t' hei ho

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Coda [v] merges with [w]

['tæiw 'tyw 'aː_m_'bjai 'æiw 'nis]
Täiw tüw ág n'myai äiw nis

[h] > [x] before back vowels

['ũ 'iɛjnt_t_'ei 'xo]
Un' iednt t' hei ho

[foxcatdog]

*a: > *ua

['tæiw 'tyw 'ua_m_'bjai 'æiw 'nis]
Täiw tüw ág n'myai äiw nis

*ei > *ai

['ũ 'iɛjnt_t_'ai 'xo]
Un' iednt t' hei ho

[Man in Space]

*NC > CC / when homorganic

['tæiw 'tyw 'uab'bjai 'æiw 'nis]
Täiw tüw ág m'byai äiw nis

*N > Ø / _CC when homorganic

['ũ 'iɛjt'tai 'xo]
Un' iedt t'ei ho

Some minor spelling reform.

[Travis B.]

[æiw] > [æy]

['tæy 'tyw 'uab'bjai 'æy 'nis]
Täiw tüw ág m'byai äiw nis

[iɛj] > [iː]

['ũ 'iːt'tai 'xo]
Un' iedt t'ei ho

[foxcatdog]

*yw > *u:

['tæy 'tu: 'uab'bjai 'æy 'nis]
Täiw tüw ág m'byai äiw nis

*ai > *e:

['ũ 'iːt'te: 'xo]
Un' iedt t'ei ho

Also when's the next one?

[Man in Space]

p b t d m n > pf bv ts dz mbv ndz / _{i,y,u,j,w}

['tæy 'tsu: uab'vjai 'æy 'ndzis]
Täiw tüw ág m'byai äiw nis

*ũ- > ŋ- / preceding a long, stressed vowel within the prosodic unit

[ŋiːt'te: xo]
Un' iedt t'ei ho

[foxcatdog]

*t > *k
['kæy 'tsu: uab'vjai 'æy 'ndzis]
Täiw tüw ág m'byai äiw nis

*t > *k

[ŋiːk'ke: xo]
Un' iedt t'ei ho

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of coda stops with compensatory lengthening:

['kæy 'tsu: uaː'vjai 'æy 'ndzis]
Täiw tüw ág m'byai äiw nis

Insertion of epinthetic [i] to break up clusters:

[ŋiːkike: xo]
Un' iedt t'ei ho

[Travis B.]

[vj] > [ʝ]

['kæy 'tsu: uaː'ʝai 'æy 'ndzis]
Täiw tüw ág m'byai äiw nis

[k] > [c] / _V[+front +high]

[ŋiːcike: xo]
Un' iedt t'ei ho

[foxcatdog]

Chainshift

['tsæy 'su: uaː'kai 'æy 'zis]
Täiw tüw ág m'byai äiw nis

Chainshift

[ŋiːsice: ko]
Un' iedt t'ei ho

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[uː] > [ou]

['tsæy 'sou uaː'kai 'æy 'zis]
Täiw tüw ág m'byai äiw nis

[iː] > [ei]

[ŋeisice: ko]
Un' iedt t'ei ho

[Travis B.]

[ou] > [aʊ̯]

['tsæy 'saʊ̯ uaː'kai 'æy 'zis]
Täiw tüw ág m'byai äiw nis

[ei] > [aɪ̯]

[ŋaɪ̯sice: ko]
Un' iedt t'ei ho