Word evolution game

[Travis B.]

[eə̯] > [ejə]

[ˈt͡ɕejə]
ceehe
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’


[ʁ] > [ɣ] / _[V+front]

[ʐɖɣæ]
sijra
‘lake, pool’

[foxcatdog]

Weak consonant + schwa sequences lost lengthening the previous vowel

[ˈt͡ɕe:]
ceehe
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’


Rhoticisation

[rɖɣæ]
sijra
‘lake, pool’

[Man in Space]

Length > quality

[ˈt͡ɕi]
ceehe
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

*ɣ > ʀ

[rɖʀæ]
sijra
‘lake, pool’

[foxcatdog]

Deaffiration

[ˈɕi]
chi
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

Forest Nenetsification with devoicing of the following element

[ɬʈʀæ]
lhtrae
‘lake, pool’

[Man in Space]

Loss of final vowels

[ɕ]
-ch
‘derivational suffix indicating rebelliousness or error’

Initial fricatives > preäspiration

[^hʈʀæ]
htrae
‘lake, pool’

[foxcatdog]

*æ > *ɛ

[^hʈʀɛ]
htrae
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"

[Travis B.]

Conversion of preaspiration into a voiceless uvular fricative.

[χʈʀɛ]
htrae
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"

[Man in Space]

Laryngeal vocalization

[aʈʀɛ]
eh₂tre
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"

[Travis B.]

Conversion of a uvular trill into a bilabial trill.

[aʈʙɛ]
eh₂tre
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"

[Man in Space]

Rounding of front vowels after labial(ized) consonants

[aʈʙœ]
eh₂tre
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"

[foxcatdog]

PIE words cannot begin with vowels. The correct form is h2tre

[foxcatdog]

New Word
[ˈta.sʲa]
taśa
“milkfish”

[Travis B.]

Affrication of retroflex stops

[aʈʂʙœ]
eh₂tre
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"

Palatalized alveolars become alveolopalatals

[ˈta.ɕa]
taśa
“milkfish”

[Man in Space]

Affectation of central vowels by retroflexes

[ɜʈʂʙœ]
eh₂tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’

Initial obstruent voicing

[ˈda.ɕa]
taśa
‘milkfish’

[Travis B.]

Breaking of rounded front vowels

[ɜʈʂʙɛ̆ɔ̯̆]
eh₂tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’

[ɕ] > [x]

[ˈda.xa]
taśa
‘milkfish’

[Man in Space]

*ʙ > ʙ̆β

[ɜʈʂʙ̆βɛ̆ɔ̯̆]
eh₂tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’

*VxV contraction with stress determining tone

[dâ]
taśa
‘milkfish’

[Lērisama]

*Rounding of vowels after bilabials

[ɜʈʂʙ̆βɔ]
eh₂tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’

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*Voicing lost, lowering the tone of the following vowel

[ta˧˩]
dâ
‘milkfish, any smoked fish’

[Man in Space]

Raising of final vowels

[ɜʈʂʙ̆βu]
eh₂tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’

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Glottalization of *t

[ʔa˧˩]
dâ
‘milkfish, any smoked fish’

[foxcatdog]

Initial vowels deleted

[ʈʂʙ̆βu]
eh₂tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’

Rhinoglottophilia

[ɴa˧˩]
dâ
‘milkfish, any smoked fish’

[Man in Space]

Progressive assimilation

[ʈʂɽ͡ru]
eh₂tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’

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Low tone glottalizes

[ɴaˀ˧˩]
dâ
‘milkfish, any smoked fish’