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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:15 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ʝ] > [ç]
[çʷiːˈmøː]
Ghwíméu

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:28 am
by foxcatdog
*Cʷ > *oC
[oçiːˈmøː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:34 am
by Man in Space
foxcatdog wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 4:53 am*βɥ > *ʝʷ
I really like this. That’s awesome.

Long vowels in unstressed syllables become short

[oçiˈmøː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2022 11:00 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of pretonic unstressed vowels:

[oçˈmøː]
Oichmóe

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2022 12:42 pm
by Travis B.
Lenition of coda [ç] > [h] with transfer of palatalness to the following consonant.

[ohˈmʲøː]
Oichmóe

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:32 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Unrounding of mid front vowels

[ohˈmʲeː]
Ochmié

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:03 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:32 pm Unrounding of mid front vowels

[ohˈmʲeː]
Ochmié
Metathesis

[ohˈeːmʲ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:38 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Depalatalisation with ejection of [i] into the preceding syllable:

[ohˈeːim]
Ochéim

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:04 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:38 pm Depalatalisation with ejection of [i] into the preceding syllable:

[ohˈeːim]
Ochéim
*h fortites in between vowels

[oxˈeːim]
Ochéim

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:38 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[eː] > [ɤː]

[oxˈɤːim]
Ochéim

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:17 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:38 pm [eː] > [ɤː]

[oxˈɤːim]
Ochéim
Alveolar insertion before vowel initial words. In this case a fricative to match the following consonant

[soxˈɤːim]
sochéim

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:19 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ɤːi] > [eoi]
[so'xeoim]
sochéim

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:27 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:19 pm [ɤːi] > [eoi]
[so'xeoim]
sochéim
Triphthongs break into new syllables
[so'xe.wim]
soché.wim

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 12:23 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of pretonic unstressed syllables:
[sxe.wim]
schéwim

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 1:25 am
by foxcatdog
[ⁿdɔ̃:˩˧] [ⁿd͡zɔ˧ki˧] [njɔ˧rja˥] [ti˧no˧] [ʝa˧pʰã:˧] [ɬo˧ʃi˧] [ɮã˧sɒ:˧] [ⁿdɔ:ʝ˩] [ᵐbɔ:˧tã˧] [nʲi˧t͡sʲi:˥]
New words this time the numerals from 1 to 10 in a language i am working on.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:43 pm
by Travis B.
[ⁿdɔ̃:˩˧] [ⁿd͡zəki˧] [njərja˥] [təno˧] [ʝəpʰã:˧] [ɬəʃi˧] [ɮəsɒ:˧] [ⁿdɔ:ʝ˩] [ᵐbətã˧] [nʲət͡sʲi:˥]

Reduction of each bisyllabic word into a sesquisyllable.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 9:15 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ʝ] > [j], also provided a Romanisation.

[ⁿdɔ̃:˩˧] - dóahn
[ⁿd͡zəki˧] - dzeoki
[njərja˥] - nyeoryá
[təno˧] - teono
[jəpʰã:˧] - yeopahn
[ɬəʃi˧] - lheoshi
[ɮəsɒ:˧] - lleosaoh
[ⁿdɔ:j˩] - dòaih
[ᵐbətã˧] - beotan
[nʲət͡sʲi:˥] - nheotsíh

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 3:24 pm
by Travis B.
[jə] > [ɪ] within presyllables.

Also, orthographic change - people quickly tire of writing <eo>, so they replace it with <a>.

[ⁿdɔ̃:˩˧] - dóahn
[ⁿd͡zəki˧] - dzaki
[nɪrja˥] - niryá
[təno˧] - tano
[ɪpʰã:˧] - ipahn
[ɬəʃi˧] - lhashi
[ɮəsɒ:˧] - llasaoh
[ⁿdɔ:j˩] - dòaih
[ᵐbətã˧] - batan
[nʲət͡sʲi:˥] - nhatsíh

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 3:47 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Deletion of presyllabic schwa:

[ⁿdɔ̃:˩˧] - dóahn
[ⁿd͡zki˧] - dzki
[nɪrja˥] - niryá
[tno˧] - tno
[ɪpʰã:˧] - ipahn
[ɬʃi˧] - lhshi
[ɮsɒ:˧] - llsaoh
[ⁿdɔ:j˩] - dòaih
[ᵐbtã˧] - btan
[nʲt͡sʲi:˥] - nhtsíh

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 4:15 pm
by Travis B.
Devoicing of voiced obstruents before voiceless consonant (without losing prenasalization).

[ⁿdɔ̃:˩˧] - dóahn
[ⁿt͡ski˧] - dzki
[nɪrja˥] - niryá
[tno˧] - tno
[ɪpʰã:˧] - ipahn
[ɬʃi˧] - lhshi
[ɬsɒ:˧] - lhsaoh
[ⁿdɔ:j˩] - dòaih
[ᵐptã˧] - btan
[nʲt͡sʲi:˥] - nhtsíh