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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 9:17 pm
by foxcatdog
Continuing the earlier one since it didn't get enough replies
f > v
[véːtlʷoʃ]

uj > i
['ɑs̪ɒlɔːfj‿'idje̞bjɒs̪s̪ʊn]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 9:23 pm
by Travis B.
[v] > [w]

[wéːtlʷoʃ]

i-mutation before [i], [j] in a following syllable.

['ɑs̪ɒlœːfj‿'idje̞bjɒs̪s̪ʊn]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 10:04 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Absorption of [j] palatalises the preceding consonant

['ɑs̪ɒlœːç‿'iʑe̞ɥɒs̪s̪ʊn]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 10:32 pm
by Travis B.
[ç] > [h]

['ɑs̪ɒlœːh‿'iʑe̞ɥɒs̪s̪ʊn]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 7:58 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[e̞ɥɒ] collapses to [yː]

['ɑs̪ɒlœːh‿'iʑyːs̪s̪ʊn]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 8:52 am
by Otto Kretschmer
[ʒak ʀəˈne ʃiˈʀak]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 9:02 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ə] > [a]

[ʒak ʀaˈne ʃiˈʀak]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 12:20 pm
by Emily
stress shift with weakening of unstressed vowels

[ʒək ˈʀanɨ ˈʃiʀək]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 12:26 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Voiceless consonants become aspirated:

[ʒəkʰ ˈʀanɨ ˈʃʰiʀəkʰ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 12:30 pm
by CreativityTheEmotion
Uvular fricative gets devoiced:

[ʒəkʰ ˈχanɨ ˈʃʰiχəkʰ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 1:31 pm
by Man in Space
Aspiration offloaded onto following vowels, reflected as voicelessness

[ʒək ˈχanɨ ˈʃi̥χək]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 2:56 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Schwas [ə ɨ] coloured by environment:

[ʒik ˈχane ˈʃi̥χak]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 8:39 pm
by Man in Space
Initial-syllable high vowels delete if voiceless and diphthongize otherwise

[ʒe̯ak ˈχane ʃχak]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 11:53 pm
by foxcatdog
Man in Space wrote: Sun Mar 13, 2022 8:39 pm Initial-syllable high vowels delete if voiceless and diphthongize otherwise

[ʒe̯ak ˈχane ʃχak]
Back fricatives and final *k become *h

[ʒe̯ah ˈhane ʃhah]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:10 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ʒe̯a] > [ʑjæː]

[ʑjæːh ˈhane ʃhah]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 12:09 pm
by Travis B.
[h] > 0

[ʑjæː ˈane ʃa]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 6:19 pm
by Emily
unstressed vowel deleted before stressed vowel

[ˈʑjane ʃa]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:05 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
We've lost so much of this person's poor name.

Vowels mutate based on the following vowel:

[ˈʑjæne ʃa]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:38 pm
by Man in Space
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:05 pmWe've lost so much of this person's poor name.
Well, since French basically did the same thing on the way down from Latin, it's kind of appropriate.

Postvocalic nasals become nasalization:

[ˈʑjæ̃e ʃa]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:54 pm
by Travis B.
[jæ̃e] > [ẽː]

[ˈʑẽː ʃa]