Word evolution game

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Loss of offglide if a vowel of the same POA is in the next syllable

[ʈ͡ʂɛ̌zʲi]
čaizi

‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
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*ʈ͡ʂ > *ts
[tsɛ̌zʲi]
čaizi

‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
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Lengthening of vowels before voiced obstruents followed by general obstruent devoicing.

[tsɛ̌ːsʲi]
čaizi

‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
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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Breaking of long vowels (and also spreading high tone to the final [i], since I realised it didn't have any)

[tsàjésʲí]
čaizi

‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’]
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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Chainshift in Sibilants

[sàjéʃí]
čaizi

‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
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[j] > [ʝ] in syllable onsets

[sàʝéʃí]
čaizi

‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
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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Voicing harmony

[sàçéʃí]
čaizi

‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
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*s > *t

[tàçéʃí]
čaizi

‘(Archaic) riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial, (Modern) disobedience’
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Loss of penult vowels between voiceless sounds, with assimilation of the latter as appropriate

[tàççí]
čaizi

‘(Archaic) riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial, (Modern) disobedience’
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A stress accent develops, typically on high-toned syllables, with reduction of unstressed syllables

[tɐ̀çˈçí]
čaizi

(Archaic) ‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
(Modern) ‘disobedience’
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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*t > *d before low tone vowels

[dɐ̀çˈçí]
čaizi

(Archaic) ‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
(Modern) ‘disobedience’
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Degemination with compensatory lengthening.

[dɐ̀ːˈçí]
čaizi

(Archaic) ‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
(Modern) ‘disobedience’
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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*ç > *cç
[dɐ̀ːˈcçí]
čaizi

(Archaic) ‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
(Modern) ‘disobedience’
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Dissimilation of affricates

*ç > *cç
[dɐ̀ːˈksí]
čaizi

(Archaic) ‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
(Modern) ‘disobedience’
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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Diphthongization of long vowels.

[dɐ̀wˈksí]
čaizi

(Archaic) ‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
(Modern) ‘disobedience’
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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*C > Ø / PK_

[dɐ̀wˈkí]
čaizi

(Archaic) ‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
(Modern) ‘disobedience’
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Palatalization of velars before front vowels.

[dɐ̀wˈcí]
čaizi

(Archaic) ‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
(Modern) ‘disobedience’
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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[w] deletes, rounding a preceding dorsal consonant

[dɐ̀ˈcʷí]
dawkí

(Archaic) ‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
(Modern) ‘disobedience’
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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Reduced vowels become full

[dàˈcʷí]
dawkí

(Archaic) ‘riot, revolution; insurgency, resistance; obstinacy; denial’
(Modern) ‘disobedience’
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Roundedness transferred from consonants to following vowels

[dàˈcý]
dawkí

‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
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