Word evolution game

[Travis B.]

[ç] > [ɕ]

[heˈrehiɕ]
frehi
‘signal flag’

[ɢʁ] > [qχ]

[ˈtsimbqχaq]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Loss of intervocalic [h] with coalescence of adjacent vowels into diphthongs:

[heˈreiɕ]
frehi
‘signal flag’

Devoicing of [b] before voiceless stops (also added in the missing stage):

[ˈtsimpkχak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’

[Man in Space]

Syllabic synharmony

[heˈɾehiçi]
frehi
‘signal flag’

*gʁ > qʜ

[ˈtsimbʁak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Everybody missing a few responses means Dialect Splits!

Initial [h] lost:

[eˈreiɕ]
éreisch
‘signal flag’

[ç] > j]

[heˈɾehiji]
frehi
‘signal flag’

[kχ] > [kʰ] with assimilation of preceding stops:

[ˈtsimpʰkʰak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’

[ʁ] > [w] after consonants

[ˈtsimbwak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’

[Sol717]

[r] > [d]:

[eˈdeiɕ]
éreisch
‘alert, alarm’

Stress shift towards the initial syllable:

[ˈheɾehiji]
herehïi
‘signal flag’

[ak] > [aw] in unstressed ultimas:

[ˈtsimpʰkʰaw]
cimpkhao
‘small container’

Simplification of medial consonant cluster with compensatory lengthening:

[ˈtsiːmwak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’

[Man in Space]

Lengthening of vowels before voiced consonants

[eːˈdeiɕ]
éreisch
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’

Lateralization of rhotics

[ˈhelehiji]
herehïi
‘signal flag’

Coda *w > Labialized onset

[ˈtsimpʰk^wʰa]
cimpkhao
‘small container’

Metathesis of *Cs- onset sequences

[ˈstiːmwak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’

[Sol717]

[ei] > [iː]:

[eːˈdiːɕ]
éreisch
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’

Reduction of vowels in every second syllable:

[ˈheləhijə]
herehïi
‘flag, banner’

Vowels round before labials:

[ˈtsympʰkʷʰa]
cimpkhao
‘small container’

m > ∅ _w:

[ˈstiːwak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’

[Man in Space]

*Z > ∅ / V_V

[eːˈiːɕ]
éreisch
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’

*Vh > ∅

[ˈhelijə]
herehïi
‘flag, banner’

*Kʷ > P

[ˈtsymppʰa]
cimpkhao
‘small container’

*w > f / _VC[- vc]

[ˈstiːfak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’

[Sol717]

All final consonants are apocopated:

[eːˈiː]
éeih
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’

l > ʎ _i:

[ˈheʎijə]
helïe
‘flag, banner’

V(C₂)Cː > Vː(C₂)C:

[ˈtsyːmpʰa]
cimpkhao
‘small container’

[iː] > [əɪ̯]:

[ˈstəɪ̯fak]
stiifak
‘tin, small metal container’

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Semivowel excrescence:

[eːyˈiː]
éyí
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’

[ijə] > [joː]:

[ˈheʎjoː]
helïe
‘flag, banner’

Disaffrication:

[ˈsyːmpʰa]
ciumpha
‘small container’

[əɪ̯] > [eɪ̯]:

[ˈsteɪ̯fak]
stiifak
‘tin, small metal container’

[Man in Space]

Vocalic sequence resolution

[øː]
éyí
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’

Loss of *j after another palatal sound

[ˈheʎoː]
helïe
‘flag, banner’

*s > h / #_

[ˈhyːmpʰa]
ciumpha
‘small container’

*S > Ø/ _#

[ˈsteɪ̯fa]
stiifak
‘tin, small metal container’

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Unrounding of front rounded vowels with excrescent initial [w]

[weː]
wéyí
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’

Loss of initial [h]:

[ˈeʎoː]
helïe
‘flag, banner’

As above

[ˈyːmpʰa]
hiumpha
‘small container’

Insertion of [e] before initial [s] + consonant:

[ˈesteɪ̯fa]
esteyfa
‘tin, small metal container’

[Sol717]

[ʎ] > [j]:

[ˈejoː]
helïe
‘national flag’

[pʰ] > [p͡ɸ]:

[ˈyːmp͡ɸa]
hiumpha
‘pouch, wallet’

Reduction of final vowels:

[ˈesteɪ̯fə]
esteyfa
‘tin, small metal container’

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[j] > [ç]

[ˈeçoː]
helïe
‘national flag’

Vowel Harmony develops:

[ˈyːmp͡ɸæ]
hiumpha
‘pouch, wallet’

French-style s-loss:

[ˈeːteɪ̯fə]
éteyfa
‘tin, small metal container’

[Sol717]

Stress is attracted to heavy syllables:

[eˈçoː]
ehyō
‘national flag’

Coda nasals are lost, leaving nasalation on the preceding vowel:

[ˈỹːp͡ɸæ]
hiumpha
‘pouch, wallet’

Diphthong broadening:

[ˈeːtaɪ̯fə]
éteyfa
‘tin, small metal container’

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[oː] > [øː] after palatals:
[eˈçøː]
ehyō
‘national flag’

Disaffrication:

[ˈỹː.ɸæ]
hiumpha
‘pouch, wallet’

Shift of stress to the lass heavy syllable in a world:

[eː'taɪ̯.fə]
éteyfa
‘tin, small metal container’
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[Sol717]

Apheresis of unstressed syllables:

[ˈçøː]
ehyō
‘national flag’

Formation of a prothetic onglide:

[ˈɥỹː.ɸæ]
ünphä
‘pouch, wallet’

Apocope of schwa:

[eː'taɪ̯f]
étayf
‘tin, small metal container’

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[øː] > [eːo] in open syllables
[ˈçeːo]
hyō
‘national flag’

Fortition of initial [ɥ] > [ɟ^ɥ]

[ˈɟ^ɥỹː.ɸæ]
giünphä
‘pouch, wallet’

[aɪ̯] > [aː]

[eː'taːf]
étâfe
‘tin, small metal container’

[Sol717]

[eːo] > [ɪə]:

[ˈçɪə]
hyō
‘national flag’

Breaking of nasal vowels:

[ˈɟ^ɥœ̃ʏ̯.ɸæ]
giünphä
‘pouch, wallet’

[eː] > [ɨ] in unstressed syllables:

[ɨ'taːf]
étâfe
‘tin, small metal container’

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ç] > [ɕ]

[ˈɕɪə]
hyō
‘national flag’

Nasalisation of vowels transfers to the preceding consonant in the form of prenasalisation:

[ˈ^ɲɟ^ɥœʏ̯.ɸæ]
giünphä
‘pouch, wallet’

[a]-affection:

[ɐ'taːf]
atâfe
‘tin, small metal container’