Word evolution game

[GoshDiggityDangit]

u̯V, Vu̯ > wV, Vw / __
Final vowels go to schwa

['ʙwɵ̃ː.lə]
buǫ́le
“mother”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ʙw] > [wɹ]


['wɹɵ̃ː.lə]
wrǫ́le
“mother”

[Travis B.]

[w] > [v]


['vɹɵ̃ː.lə]
wrǫ́le
“mother”

[GoshDiggityDangit]

RV > V [+rhotacised]

['vɵ̃˞ː.lə]
wrǫ́le
“mother”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Denasalisation

['vɵ˞ː.lə]
wéorle
“mother; madam, Mrs.”

[Sol717]

[l] > [j] before non-back vowels:

['vɵ˞ː.jə]
wéorle
“mother; madam, Mrs.”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ə] > [a]

['vɵ˞ː.ja]
wéorle
"(highly formal) mother; madam, Mrs.”

[Man in Space]

Vowel length converts to consonantal gemination

['vɵ˞j.ja]
wéorle
‘(highly formal) mother; prime minister; madam, Mrs.’

[Sol717]

Rhoticity is lost, though not before lowering preceding vowels:

['vɞj.ja]
wéorle
‘(highly formal) mother; prime minister; madam, Mrs.’

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ɞj] > [u̯ɛj]

['vu̯ɛj.ja]
wéorle
"(highly formal, now chiefly archaising) mother; (of a woman of higher ranking than the speaker) Mrs.; (with titles of office, as "secretary", "prime minister") madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

[GoshDiggityDangit]

[j.j] > [d͡ʒ]
[vu̯ɛ] > [vwɛ] > [wɛ]

['wɛ.d͡ʒa]
wéoje
"(highly formal, now chiefly archaising) mother; (of a woman of higher ranking than the speaker) Mrs.; (with titles of office, as "secretary", "prime minister") madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

[Man in Space]

Ø > g / #_w

['gwɛ.d͡ʒa]
wéoje
"(highly formal, now chiefly archaising) mother; (of a woman of higher ranking than the speaker) Mrs.; (with titles of office, as "secretary", "prime minister") madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

[Travis B.]

[j.j] > [d͡ʒ]
[vu̯ɛ] > [vwɛ] > [wɛ]

['wɛ.d͡ʒa]
wéoje
"(highly formal, now chiefly archaising) mother; (of a woman of higher ranking than the speaker) Mrs.; (with titles of office, as "secretary", "prime minister") madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

Just one note -- in this game we normally make one sound change at a time, even though sound changes can simultaneously affect more than one phone and can be things such as chain shifts.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Let's have a dialect split, then —

[u̯ɛ] > [øː]

['vøː.d͡ʒa]
vueja
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

[ɛj] > [i]

['gwi.ja]
wéoje
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

[Man in Space]

*a-affectation

['vœː.d͡ʒa]
vueja
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

Deletion of high vowels before semivowels

['gwja]
goea
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Disaffrication:

['vœː.ʒa]
vueja
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

[wj] > [ɥ]:

['gɥa]
gyua
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

[Man in Space]

Palatal affectation

['vœː.ʒæ]
vueja
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

Transference of rounding

['gjo]
gyua
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

[Sol717]

Dentalisation of labiodentals before front vowels (presumably through a apicolabial intermediate):

['ðœː.ʒæ]
dhöžä
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

Velar-palatal sequences become alveolo-palatals:

['d͡ʑo]
gyua
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Breaking of non-high front vowels to glide + back vowel sequences:

['ðjɔː.ʒjɑ]
dhióžia
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

Vowels lengthen in open, stressed syllables:

['d͡ʑoː]
giô
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

[Man in Space]

Fortition of *j after palatal fricatives

['ðjɔː.ʒɟɑ]
dhióžia
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"

Length > glottalization

['d͡ʑoˀ]
giô
"(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"