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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 8:48 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Diphthong collapse: [ou aoː] > [oː ɔː]

[çe çioː ʈʂʰɑ: ɲi tʰioː]
Hye hiō chā ni tiō

[çe ʎ̝̊e kʰɑ: çi ʈʂʰɔː]
Hye zhe kā hi chô

[çe tʂʰɑɾ ɲe tsʰoː çioː]
Hye char nye tsō hiō

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 9:40 pm
by foxcatdog
[he sʲoː ʈʂʰɑ: ɲi tʰioː]
He siō chā ni tiō

[he ʎ̝̊e kʰɑ: sʲi ʈʂʰɔː]
He zhe kā si chô

[he tʂʰɑɾ ɲe tsʰoː sʲoː]
He char nye tsō siō

*ç > *h except before *i where it becomes palatised *sʲ with the *i being lost before another vowel.

Very drastic coming from this through it has probably been around 8000+ years more than the time between the poem and the proto language it descends from.
[na lý sɛ́r ku.tí tsý]
[na kú kɛ́r.ju mí sɔ̃́n]
[o vý.tá vu tɔ́ ný]

Also time to come up with another word Rounin Ryuuji.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 9:56 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
foxcatdog wrote: Sun Aug 21, 2022 9:40 pm Also time to come up with another word Rounin Ryuuji.
As you wish. Have one of mine — strangely no palatals involved.

鳷・ がでおい゙ | gadeul | /gà.dø̂ːl/ | [(ŋ)gɐ̞̀.()d̪ø̞̂ᵝːɫ]
(n.) (def. 鳷て・がでおい゙て, gadeutte | /gà.dǿt.tè/ | [(ŋ)gɐ̞̀.()d̪ǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]) "cardnal (bird)"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 10:03 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sun Aug 21, 2022 9:56 pm
foxcatdog wrote: Sun Aug 21, 2022 9:40 pm Also time to come up with another word Rounin Ryuuji.
As you wish. Have one of mine — strangely no palatals involved.

鳷・ がでおい゙ | gadeul | /gà.dø̂ːl/ | [(ŋ)gɐ̞̀.()d̪ø̞̂ᵝːɫ]
(n.) (def. 鳷て・がでおい゙て, gadeutte | /gà.dǿt.tè/ | [(ŋ)gɐ̞̀.()d̪ǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]) "cardnal (bird)"
The speakers find themselves on an unfamiliar chain of three islands to the west. They quickly settle the 3 islands but the first change to the word (which now refers to the patron goddess of the islands as opposed to the masculine sea god) affects the whole chain namely frontness harmony.

[(ŋ)gɛ̀.()d̪ø̞̂ᵝːɫ]
[(ŋ)gɛ̀.()d̪ǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]
geadeul
geadeutte

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 10:13 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
foxcatdog wrote: Sun Aug 21, 2022 10:03 pm The speakers find themselves on an unfamiliar chain of three islands to the west. They quickly settle the 3 islands but the first change to the word (which now refers to the patron goddess of the islands as opposed to the masculine sea god) affects the whole chain namely frontness harmony.
I'm amused by how this makes absolutely no sense in the setting of the language. Also, why would the name for a species of bird suddenly become the name of a male sea god (ignoring that the attached culture has no pantheon, either presently worshipped or historically)? I really want to know how this happened.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 10:19 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sun Aug 21, 2022 10:13 pm
foxcatdog wrote: Sun Aug 21, 2022 10:03 pm The speakers find themselves on an unfamiliar chain of three islands to the west. They quickly settle the 3 islands but the first change to the word (which now refers to the patron goddess of the islands as opposed to the masculine sea god) affects the whole chain namely frontness harmony.
I'm amused by how this makes absolutely no sense in the setting of the language. Also, why would the name for a species of bird suddenly become the name of a male sea god (ignoring that the attached culture has no pantheon, either presently worshipped or historically)? I really want to know how this happened.
Cardinal Bird as in the chinese legendary bird or some foreign species of bird i have never heard off? Also why wouldn't a female bird goddess take her name from an important bird. And you seem to have missed the part about the the sea god is in opposition to the bird. Also they got teleported to a new land.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:03 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
foxcatdog wrote: Sun Aug 21, 2022 10:19 pm Cardinal Bird as in the chinese legendary bird or some foreign species of bird i have never heard off?
It's just a normal bird, of no particular cultural significance other than that it is a rather pretty one. The people who speak the language do not consider it in any way particularly magical or special, though they might keep art or photographs depicting it because they like looking at them. The etymology is also rather dull — the word is just an originally dialectal contraction of a longer form, standard akadoel, dialectal akadeul, meaning "red bird".
...missed the part about the the sea god is in opposition to the bird.
I would normally interpret "as opposed to" in that context as the name belonging to the goddess instead of the sea god, to which it had belonged before, whence the confusion. It sounded, when I read that, like the name had been transposed from a masculine sea god to a feminine bird goddess.

Anyway, we can ignore the odd story aside and get back to the topic; Prenasalisation strengthens:

Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | geadeul | [ŋgɛ̀.d̪ø̞̂ᵝːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gadeutte | [ŋgɛ̀.d̪ǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:19 pm
by foxcatdog
North Island
*d > *l in between vowels even when prenasalised
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealeul | [ŋgɛ̀.lø̞̂ᵝːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealeutte | [ŋgɛ̀.lǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

East Island
Prenasalisation becomes realised as geminate nasals except before or after a stressed vowel. These subsequently shorten in initial position
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | geadeul | [nɛ̀.d̪ø̞̂ᵝːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | geadeutte | [ngɛ̀.d̪ǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

South Island
*g fricates and loses prenasalisation
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gheadeul | [ɣɛ̀.d̪ø̞̂ᵝːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gheadeutte | [ɣɛ̀.d̪ǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 7:59 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Language 1: [ɫ] > [w]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealeul | [ŋgɛ̀.lø̞̂ᵝːw]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealeutte | [ŋgɛ̀.lǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

Language 1-B: [ɫ] > [l]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealeul | [ŋgɛ̀.lø̞̂ᵝːl]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealeutte | [ŋgɛ̀.lǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

Language 2: Prenasalised stops or nasal-stop clusters become nasal resonants
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | neaneul | [nɛ̀.n̪ø̞̂ᵝːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | ngeaneutte | [ŋɛ̀.n̪ǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

Language 3: [ɣɛ] > [je̞]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | yedeul | [jè͉.d̪ø̞̂ᵝːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | yedeutte | [jè͉.d̪ǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 9:13 am
by foxcatdog
Language 1A: Final unstressed non high vowels lost
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealeul | [ŋgɛ̀.lø̞̂ᵝːw]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealeutt | [ŋgɛ̀.lǿ̞ᵝt̪:ʰ]

Language 1-B: As above
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealeul | [ŋgɛ̀.lø̞̂ᵝːl]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealeutt | [ŋgɛ̀.lǿ̞ᵝt̪:ʰ]

Language 2: Coda *l develarises and shifts to *j when final
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | neaneui | [nɛ̀.n̪ø̞̂ᵝːj]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | ngeaneutte | [ŋɛ̀.n̪ǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

Language 3: Dentals become Alveolars
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | yedeul | [jè͉.ndø̞̂ᵝːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | yedeutte | [jè͉.ndǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:48 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Language 1A: Mid front vowels deround:
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealeil | [ŋgɛ̀.lê̞ᵝːw]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealett | [ŋgɛ̀.lé̞ᵝt̪:ʰ]

Language 1-B: [øᵝ] > [yᵝ]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealûl | [ŋgɛ̀.lŷᵝːl]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealutt | [ŋgɛ̀.lýᵝt̪:ʰ]

Language 2: Low-pitch pretonic vowels reduce:
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | neneuy | [nɘ̀.n̪ø̞̂ᵝːj]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | ngeneutte | [ŋɘ̀.n̪ǿ̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

Language 3: Pitch accent replaced by a stress accent
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | yedeul | [jè͉'ndø̞ᵝːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | yedeutte | [jè͉'ndø̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:04 pm
by Zju
Language 1A: Nasalisation
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealeil | [ŋɛ̀.lê̞ᵝːw]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealett | [ŋɛ̀.lé̞ᵝt̪:ʰ]

Language 1-B: [yᵝ] > [ɨ]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealûl | [ŋgɛ̀.lɨ̂ːl]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealutt | [ŋgɛ̀.lɨ́t̪:ʰ]

Language 2: Syllables open with compensatory lengthening:
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | neneuy | [nɘ̀.n̪ø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | ngeneutte | [ŋɘ̀.n̪ǿ̞ᵝːt̪ʰè̞]

Language 3: ⁿD > D
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | yedeul | [jè͉'dø̞ᵝːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | yedeutte | [jè͉'dø̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:32 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Language 1A: [ɛ] > [jæ]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealeil | [ŋjæ̀.lê̞ᵝːw]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealett | [ŋjæ̀.lé̞ᵝt̪:ʰ]

Language 1-B: [ɨ] > [ɯ]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealûl | [ŋgɛ̀.lɯ̂ːl]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealutt | [ŋgɛ̀.lɯ́t̪:ʰ]

Language 2: Deletion of low-pitched pretonic and posttonic vowels:
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | nneuy | [nn̪ø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | ngneut | [ŋn̪ǿ̞ᵝːt̪ʰ]

Language 3: Elision of medial voiced stops with excrescent resonants appearing to break up a hiatus:
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | yedeul | [jè͉'jø̞ᵝːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | yedeutte | [jè͉'jø̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 3:13 pm
by Zju
Language 1A: [ŋj] > [ɲ]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealeil | [ɲæ̀.lê̞ᵝːw]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealett | [ɲæ̀.lé̞ᵝt̪:ʰ]

Language 1-B: ∅ > ə / Cː_#
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealûl | [ŋgɛ̀.lɯ̂ːl]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealutt | [ŋgɛ̀.lɯ́t̪:ʰə]

Language 2: Indefinite nouns assume definite stems
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | nneuy | [ŋn̪ø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | ngneut | [ŋn̪ǿ̞ᵝːt̪ʰ]

Language 3: Dissimilation: jVjV > VjV
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | yedeul | [è͉'jø̞ᵝːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | yedeutte | [è͉'jø̞ᵝt̪.t̪ʰè̞]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 3:48 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Language 1A: [æ] > [eə]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealeil | [ɲéə̀.lê̞ᵝːw]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealett | [ɲéə̀.lé̞ᵝt̪:ʰ]

Language 1-B: [ɛ] > [ja]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gyalûl | [ŋgjà.lɯ̂ːl]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gyaluttë | [ŋgjà.lɯ́t̪:ʰə]

Language 2: [a] appears before initial resonant clusters
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | ngneu | [àŋ.n̪ø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | ngneut | [àŋ.n̪ǿ̞ᵝːt̪ʰ]

Language 3-A: [jø̞ᵝ] > [jyᵝ]; also removed pitch markers that ought to have been removed a few stages ago.
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | eyûl | [e̞'jyᵝːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | eyutte | [e̞'jyᵝt̪.t̪ʰe̞]

Language 3-B: [jø̞ᵝ] > [je͉];
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | eyêl | [e̞'je̞ːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | eyette | [e̞'je̞t̪.t̪ʰe̞]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:07 pm
by foxcatdog
Language 1A: *w fortites to *v
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gealeil | [ɲéə̀.lê̞ᵝːv]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gealett | [ɲéə̀.lé̞ᵝt̪:ʰ]

Language 1-B: *j palatises a following consonant and is lost
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gyalûl | [ɲɟà.lɯ̂ːl]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gyaluttë | [ɲɟà.lɯ́t̪:ʰə]

Language 2: *ŋ fortites to *g
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | ngneu | [àg.n̪ø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | ngneut | [àg.n̪ǿ̞ᵝːt̪ʰ]

Language 3-A: *l instead becomes palatised
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | eyûl | [e̞'jyᵝːlʲ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | eyutte | [e̞'jyᵝt̪.t̪ʰe̞]

Language 3-B: Ditto
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | eyêl | [e̞'je̞lʲ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | eyette | [e̞'je̞t̪.t̪ʰe̞]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:17 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Language 1-A: [éə̀] > [jâː]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | nhyâléil | [ɲjâ.lê̞ᵝːv]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | nhyâlétt | [ɲjâ.lé̞ᵝt̪:ʰ]

Language 1-A2: [éə̀] > [ê̞ː]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | nheiléiv | [ɲê̞ː.lê̞ᵝːv]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | nheilétt | [ɲê̞ː.lé̞ᵝt̪:ʰ]

Language 1-B: [l] velarises in contact with back vowels
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gyalûl | [ɲɟàɫ.ɫɯ̂ːɫ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gyaluttë | [ɲɟà.ɫɯ́t̪:ʰə]

Language 2-A: Preconsonantal [g] > [x]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | aghneu | [àx.n̪ø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | aghneut | [àx.n̪ǿ̞ᵝːt̪ʰ]

Language 2-B: Preconsonantal [g] > [j]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | ayneu | [àj.n̪ø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | ayneut | [àj.n̪ǿ̞ᵝːt̪ʰ]

Language 3-A: [yᵝ] > [i]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | eyîl | [e̞'jiːlʲ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | eyítte | [e̞'jit̪.t̪ʰe̞]

Language 3-B: [e̞je̞ e̞je̞ː] collapse [e̞ː e̞ːi]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | êil | [e̞ːilʲ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | êtte | [e̞ːt̪.t̪ʰe̞]

The alternate future that never was is of the Imishimic branch East Tinasan is... interesting.

Edit: It also has an extremely conservative orthography.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:59 pm
by foxcatdog
Language 1-A1: *ɲj > ɟʝ > cç
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | nhyâléil | [cçâ.lê̞ᵝːv]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | nhyâlétt | [cçâ.lé̞ᵝt̪:ʰ]

Language 1-A2: *v becomes *f
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | nheiléiv | [ɲê̞ː.lê̞ᵝːf]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | nheilétt | [ɲê̞ː.lé̞ᵝt̪:ʰ]

Language 1-B: Velar *l vocalises in coda
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gyalûl | [ɲɟào.ɫɯ̂ːo]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gyaluttë | [ɲɟà.ɫɯ́t̪:ʰə]

Language 2-A1: *x lost lengthening the previous vowel
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | aghneu | [à:.n̪ø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | aghneut | [à:.n̪ǿ̞ᵝːt̪ʰ]

Language 2-A2: *t > *s finally
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | aghneu | [àx.n̪ø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | aghneut | [àx.n̪ǿ̞ᵝːs]

Language 2-B: *t > *s finally
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | ayneu | [àj.n̪ø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | ayneut | [àj.n̪ǿ̞ᵝːs]

Language 3-A: No change
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | eyîl | [e̞'jiːlʲ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | eyítte | [e̞'jit̪.t̪ʰe̞]

Language 3-B: *tt to *ss
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | êil | [e̞ːilʲ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | êtte | [e̞ːs.se̞]
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:17 pm The alternate future that never was is of the Imishimic branch East Tinasan is... interesting.

Edit: It also has an extremely conservative orthography.
Not gonna learn japanese transliterations for a word game.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 6:58 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Language 1-A1: Degemination
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | kyâléil | [cçâ.lê̞ᵝːv]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | kyâlétt | [cçâ.lé̞ᵝt̪ʰ]

Language 1-A2: As above.
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | nheiléiv | [ɲê̞ː.lê̞ᵝːf]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | nheilétt | [ɲê̞ː.lé̞ᵝt̪ʰ]

Language 1-B: [o ə] > [oᵝ]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gyalûo | [ɲɟà.ɫɯ̂ːoᵝ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gyalutto | [ɲɟà.ɫɯ́t̪:ʰoᵝ]

Language 2-A1: Derounding of mid front rounded vowels:
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | aghneu | [à:.n̪ê̞ː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | aghneut | [à:.n̪ê̞ːt̪ʰ]

Language 2-A2: Spread of [x]-loss with compensatory lengthening
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | aghneu | [àː.n̪ø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | aghneut | [àː.n̪ǿ̞ᵝːs]

Language 2-B: Yod-transpositoon
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | anyeu | [à.n̪jø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | anyeut | [à.n̪jǿ̞ᵝːs]

Language 3-A: [j] > [ʑ]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | ejîl | [e̞'ʑiːlʲ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | ejítte | [e̞'ʑit̪.t̪ʰe̞]

Language 3-B: *tt to *ss
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | êil | [e̞ːilʲ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | êtte | [e̞ːs.se̞]
foxcatdog wrote: Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:59 pm
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:17 pm The alternate future that never was is of the Imishimic branch East Tinasan is... interesting.

Edit: It also has an extremely conservative orthography.
Not gonna learn japanese transliterations for a word game.
I also haven't updated it.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:13 pm
by Zju
Language 1-A1: CC > C / #_
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | kyâléil | [çâ.lê̞ᵝːv]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | kyâlétt | [çâ.lé̞ᵝt̪ʰ]

Language 1-A2: Irregular metathesis
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | nheiléiv | [ɲê̞ᵝː.lê̞ːf]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | nheilétt | [ɲê̞ᵝː.lé̞t̪ʰ]

Language 1-B: Hiatus resolution
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | gyalûo | [ɲɟà.ɫɯ̂woᵝ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | gyalutto | [ɲɟà.ɫɯ́t̪:ʰoᵝ]

Language 2-A1: Long vowels diphthongise
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | aghneu | [àɰ.n̪ê̞j]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | aghneut | [àɰ.n̪ê̞jt̪ʰ]

Language 2-A2: Vowels shorten in closed syllables
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | aghneu | [àː.n̪ø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | aghneut | [àː.n̪ǿ̞ᵝs]

Language 2-B: ∅ > h / $_V
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | anyeu | [hà.n̪jø̞̂ᵝː]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | anyeut | [hà.n̪jǿ̞ᵝːs]

Language 3-A: Unstressed vowels reduce
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | ejîl | [ɪ'ʑiːlʲ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | ejítte | [ɪ'ʑit̪.t̪ʰɪ]

Language 3-B: Linguistic influence from 3-A: ∅ > ʑ / V[+front]_V[+front]
Indefinite: 鳷・ がでおい゙ | êjil | [e̞ːʑilʲ]
Definite: 鳷て・がでおい゙て | êtte | [e̞ːs.se̞]