Word evolution game

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Rounin Ryuuji
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[k] > [tʃ] before [a æ e i]

[’ʎæ̃:.tʃaː]
liénciá
"wolf"
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Elision of short unstressed final vowels and shortening of long unstressed final vowels.

[’ʎæ̃:.tʃa]
liénciá
"wolf"
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.
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Denasalisation

[’ʎæ:.tʃa]
liénciá
"wolf"
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[æː] > [jaː]

[’ʎjaː.tʃa]
liácia
"wolf"
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Loss of final vowels

[ʎjaːtʃ]
gliáč
"wolf"
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Deaffrication otherwise known as further french developments

[ʎjaːʃ]
gliáč
"wolf"
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[ʎj] > [j]:

[jaːʃ]
gliáč
"wolf"
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[j] (and also [g z] before [i]) > [ʑ]:

[ʑaːʃ]
giáč
"wolf"
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[’man.taʔ]
mantaʔ
“mother”
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Coda nasals > nasal vowels.

[’mã.taʔ]
mantaʔ
“mother”
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.
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Coda glottal stops lost with compensatory lengthening:

[’mã.taː]
mantā
“mother”
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Intervocalic voicing

[’mã.daː]
mantā
“mother”
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Vowels back and round following a labial initial:

[’mɔ̃.daː]
mantā
“mother”
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Intervocalic lenition

['mɔ̃.ðaː]
mantā
“mother”
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*ð > *l
['mɔ̃.laː]
mǫlā
“mother”
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[aː] > [ɛː]

['mɔ̃.lɛː]
mǫlē
“mother”
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Breaking of nasal vowels

['mu̯ɵ̃.lɛː]
mǫlē
“mother”
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Quantitative metathesis:

['mu̯ɵ̃ː.lɛ]
muǫ́le
“mother”
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Trill release before high back vowels

['mʙu̯ɵ̃ː.lɛ]
muǫ́le
“mother”
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[mʙ] > [ʙ]

['ʙu̯ɵ̃ː.lɛ]
muǫ́le
“mother”
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