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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:51 am
by Travis B.
Unrounding of rounded front vowels.
[ì.mɛ́ɔ̯.bì]
ünäbbi
"friend, close friend; (archaic, literary) brother"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 11:57 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Diphthongs break into separate syllable
[ì.mɛ́.jɔ́.bì]
imeyobi
"friend, close friend; (archaic, literary) brother"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 12:20 pm
by Zju
Tonal sandhi:
[i˩˥.mɛ˥.jɔ˥˩.bi˩]
imeyobi
"friend, close friend, (col.) fam"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 12:35 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[i ɛ] > [jy jɔ] after labials:
[i˩˥.mjɔ˥.jɔ˥˩.bjy˩]
imyoyobyu
"friend, close friend, (col.) fam"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 12:46 pm
by Travis B.
[j] merges with preceding consonants.
[i˩˥.mʲɔ˥.jɔ˥˩.bʲy˩]
imyoyobyu
"friend, close friend, (col.) fam"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:37 pm
by foxcatdog
bʲ > *bz > *dz
[i˩˥.mʲɔ˥.jɔ˥˩.dzy˩]
imyoyobyu
"friend, close friend, (col.) fam"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 9:46 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Tones lost:
[i.mʲɔ.'jɔ.dzy]
imyoyodzu
"friend, close friend, (col.) fam"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:36 pm
by Travis B.
[dz] > [z]
[i.mʲɔ.'jɔ.zy]
imyoyodzu
"friend, close friend, (col.) fam"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 12:15 am
by foxcatdog
*i > *je initially
[je.mʲɔ.'jɔ.zy]
yemyoyozu
"friend, close friend, (col.) fam"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:28 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ɔjɔ] collapses to [yː]
[je'mʲyː.zy]
yemûzu
"friend, close friend, (col.) fam"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 6:31 pm
by foxcatdog
*e > *ɛ between palatals and palatised consonants
[jɛ'mʲyː.zy]
yemûzu
"friend, close friend, (col.) fam"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 6:38 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[j] > [ç]
[çɛ'mʲyː.zy]
hyemûzu
"friend, close friend, (col.) fam"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 9:04 pm
by foxcatdog
[ç] > [ɕ]
[ɕɛ'mʲyː.zy]
śemûzu
"friend, close friend, (col.) fam"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 10:08 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[z] > [ʑ] before high front vowels:
[ɕɛ'mʲyː.ʑy]
shemûju
"friend, close friend, (col.) fam"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 10:56 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 10:08 pm
[z] > [ʑ] before high front vowels:
[ɕɛ'mʲyː.ʑy]
shemûju
"friend, close friend, (col.) fam"
Quite a change from [ɑ̀.nó]
anó "Brother"
Anyways
[ɔˈloːrin]
Olórin
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:55 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Long vowel shift resembling the Great Vowel shift, here only reflected on [oː] > [uː]:
[ɔˈluː.rin]
Olórin
(Proper Name)
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:24 pm
by Travis B.
Lowering and nasalization before nasals.
[ɔˈluː.rɛ̃n]
Olórin
(Proper Name)
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 5:00 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of coda nasals
[ɔˈluː.rɛ̃]
Olourin
(Proper Name)
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 5:14 pm
by foxcatdog
Vowel breaking in between sonorants
[ɔˈliu.rɛ̃]
Olourin
(Proper Name)
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:51 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[l] > [ʎ] before high front vowels
[ɔˈʎiu.rɛ̃]
Oliuren
(Proper Name)