Word evolution game

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Vowels lengthen with rising-falling tone:

[’njœ̄.ʂʰæ̂ː]
nyœ³thræ⁴²
'bystander'

[Sol717]

[j] is lost before front vowels:

[’nœ̄.ʂʰæ̂ː]
nyœ³thræ⁴²
'bystander'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Stress shifts to the heaviest syllable:

[nœ̄’ʂʰæ̂ː]
nyœ³thræ⁴²
'bystander'

[Travis B.]

Aspirated sibilants become unaspirated intervocalic consonants.

[nœ̄’θæ̂ː]
nyœ³thræ⁴²
'bystander'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Tone lost in unstressed syllables:

[nœ’θæ̂ː]
nyœthræ⁴²

[foxcatdog]

Unstressed syllables lost

[nθæ̂ː]
nthæ⁴²

[Sol717]

Long vowels break:

[nθɛ̂ə̯]
nthæ⁴²

[foxcatdog]

*nθ > *dz
[dzɛ̂ə̯]
nthæ⁴²

[foxcatdog]

[’n:ɛ:k.kan]
nnẹẹkkan
"she wolf"

[Travis B.]

Initial long consonants are shortened, triggering breaking of following vowels.
[’njɛ:k.kan]
nnẹẹkkan
"she wolf"

[Sol717]

Final nasals velarise:
[’njɛ:k.kaŋ]
nnẹẹkkan
"she wolf"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Coda velar stops liquidise:

[’njɛ:j.kaŋ]
niéccan
"she wolf"

[Travis B.]

Coda nasals are elided, leading to nasalization and lengthening of the preceding vowels.

[’njɛ:j.kãː]
niéccan
"she wolf"

[foxcatdog]

Triphthongs smooth to diphthongs
[’nje:.kãː]
niéccan
"she wolf"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Vowel nasalisation transfers as prenasalisation onto consonants:
[’nje:.^ŋkaː]
niégca
"she wolf"

[Travis B.]

A-umlaut.

[’njɛ:.^ŋkaː]
niégca
"she wolf"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[n] > [l] before resonants

[’ljɛ:.^ŋkaː]
liégcá
"wolf; (obs. or regional) she wolf"

[Travis B.]

[Cj] clusters > palatals.

[’ʎɛ:.^ŋkaː]
liégcá
"wolf; (obs. or regional) she wolf"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Further a-colouring

[’ʎæ:.^ŋkaː]
liégcá
"wolf"

[Travis B.]

Postvocalic prenasalized consonants transfer their nasalization to the preceding vowel.

[’ʎæ̃:.kaː]
liégcá
"wolf"