Word evolution game

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Man in Space
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Assimilatory behavior of the glottal stop

[k̟ɨk̟hˈt:ɑːˀgɒɐ̯ɲʄə]
yxṭā́’goagnje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme'
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Glottalization before voiced plosives becomes implosives.

[k̟ɨk̟hˈt:ɑːɠɒɐ̯ɲʄə]
yxṭā́’goagnje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme'
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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Chain shift: Fronted velars → Palatals → Alveolar affricates

[t͡ɕɨt͡ɕhˈtːɑːɠɒɐ̯nɗ͡zə]
kykhttâgaanje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme'
LZ – Lēri Ziwi
PS – Proto Sāzlakuic (ancestor of LZ)
PRk – Proto Rākēwuic
XI – Xú Iạlan
VN – verbal noun
SUP – supine
DIRECT – verbal directional
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Loss of consonant length

[t͡ɕɨt͡ɕhˈtɑːɠɒɐ̯nɗ͡zə]
kykhttâgaanje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme'
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Nasalisation spreads

[t͡ɕɨt͡ɕhˈtɑːɠɒɐ̯n.nə]
kykhttâgaanje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme'
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[nn] > [ɲɲ]

[t͡ɕɨt͡ɕhˈtɑːɠɒɐ̯ɲ.ɲə]
kykhttâgaanje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme'
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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Offglide affectation

[t͡ɕɨt͡ɕhˈtɑːɠoɐ̯ɲ.ɲə]
kykhttâgaanje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme; civil unrest, riot'
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Depalatalization of non-geminate palatal(ized) consonants before non-front vowels.

[t͡sɨt͡ɕhˈtɑːɠoɐ̯ɲ.ɲə]
kykhttâgaanje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme; civil unrest, riot'
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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Loss of *h

[t͡sɨt͡ɕˈtɑːɠoɐ̯ɲ.ɲə]
kykhttâgaanje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme; civil unrest, riot'
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Progressive assimilation of palatal(ization) with fronting of the next vowel.

[t͡sɨt͡ɕˈtʲæːɠoɐ̯ɲ.ɲe̞]
kykhttâgaanje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme; civil unrest, riot'
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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Codas lost

[t͡sɨˈtʲæːɠoɐ̯.ɲe̞]
kykhttâgaanje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme; civil unrest, riot'
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Interference from a dialect in which codas were not lost results in gemination where there had been a coda plosive.

[t͡sɨˈtʲːæːɠoɐ̯ɲe̞]
kykhttâgaanje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme; civil unrest, riot'
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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Lateralisation

[t͡ɬɨˈtʲːæːɠoɐ̯ɲe̞]
kykhttâgaanje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme; civil unrest, riot'
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foxcatdog wrote: Sat Mar 01, 2025 11:15 pmLateralisation
Must you? As Travis has already noted it is bothersome when it is a) overused and b) deliberately tweaking his nose.

Thetafication

[t͜θɨˈtʲːæːɠoɐ̯ɲe̞]
kykhttâgaanje
'act of vandalism, instance of sabotage, graffito, meme; civil unrest, riot'
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Man in Space wrote: Sun Mar 02, 2025 1:42 am
foxcatdog wrote: Sat Mar 01, 2025 11:15 pmLateralisation
Must you? As Travis has already noted it is bothersome when it is a) overused and b) deliberately tweaking his nose.
foxcatdog, lateralization in natlangs when it does not involve a rhotic, which is relatively common, or, less commonly, a semivowel or offglide (cf. dialectal English "bolth") or nasal is very rare, yet you frequently like to arbitrarily turn sibilants into laterals, which is far rarer than how you like to invoke it (as opposed to the changing of voiceless lateral fricatives to voiceless non-lateral fricatives, e.g. in much of Semitic, which is much more common). Just please cut it out, really.
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Vowel chain shift:

[t͡θɨˈtʲːiɛ̯ɠoːɲi]
kykhttâgaanje
‘instance of sabotage, civil unrest, riot’
LZ – Lēri Ziwi
PS – Proto Sāzlakuic (ancestor of LZ)
PRk – Proto Rākēwuic
XI – Xú Iạlan
VN – verbal noun
SUP – supine
DIRECT – verbal directional
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Geminate plosives degeminate

[t͡θɨˈtʲiɛ̯ɠoːɲi]
tzîtíegōni
‘instance of sabotage, civil unrest, riot’
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Palatalized alveolar plosives assibilate.

[t͡θɨˈt͡ɕiɛ̯ɠoːɲi]
tzîtíegōni
‘instance of sabotage, civil unrest, riot’
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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Deaffrication

[θɨˈɕiɛ̯ɠoːɲi]
tzîtíegōni
‘instance of sabotage, civil unrest, riot, revolution’
LZ – Lēri Ziwi
PS – Proto Sāzlakuic (ancestor of LZ)
PRk – Proto Rākēwuic
XI – Xú Iạlan
VN – verbal noun
SUP – supine
DIRECT – verbal directional
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Assibilation of [θ]

[s̪ɨˈɕiɛ̯ɠoːɲi]
tzîtíegōni
‘instance of sabotage, civil unrest, riot, revolution’
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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