Word evolution game

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Prenasalisation lost:

[ʑỹmˈmɑ̃]
zhiunman
"person"
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[foxcatdog]

*ʑ > *z

[zỹmˈmɑ̃]
zhiunman
"person"

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[Darren]

Vowels denasalised before a nasal consonant

[zymˈmɑ̃]
zhiunman
"person, human"

[foxcatdog]

[ˈd͡ʒy.fɒ.gʷæn]
gyufọgwan
"Sable Pelt"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ɒ æ] merge to [a]:

[ˈd͡ʒy.fa.gʷan]
jufagwan
"sable pelt"

[Travis B.]

Vowels transfer rounding and frontness onto adjacent consonants.

[ˈdʑʷɨ.fʲʷa.gʷan]
jufagwan
"sable pelt"

[Zju]

f fʷ fʲʷ fʲ → h ʍ ɥ̥ j̥

[ˈdʑʷɨ.ɥ̥a.gʷan]
jufagwan
"sable pelt"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Voiceless resonants merge with voiced counterparts

[ˈdʑʷɨ.ɥa.gʷan]
jwiyuagwan
"black, dark colour; (archaic or literary) sable pelt"

[Travis B.]

Labialization and palatalization in consonants is reflected in adjacent vowels, with some subsequent POA shifting for the sake of ease of pronunciation.

[ˈdʑʷy.ɥœ.gʷɒn]
jwiyuagwan
"black, dark colour; (archaic or literary) sable pelt"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[gʷ] > [b]

[ˈdʑʷy.ɥœ.bɒn]
jiuyueoban
"black, dark colour; (archaic or literary) sable pelt"

[Man in Space]

yɥœ → ø̯æ

[ˈdʑʷø̯æ.bɒn]
jiuyueoban

'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted; (archaic or literary) sable pelt'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Diphthong smoothing

[ˈdʑʷøː.bɒn]
juēoban
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted; (archaic or literary) sable pelt'

[Zju]

Voiced stops shift to implosives:

[ˈɗʑʷøː.ɓɒn]
juēoban
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Reduction of posttonic unstressed vowels:

[ˈɗʑʷøː.ɓən]
juēoban
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'

[Man in Space]

Implosive affricates become stop-plus-liquid sequences:

[ˈɗɥøː.ɓən]
juēoban
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'

[Travis B.]

[ɥøː] > [joː]

[ˈɗjoː.ɓən]
juēoban
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Initial cluster simplification:

[ˈjoː.ɓən]
yōban
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'

[foxcatdog]

Glides become influenced by other consonants

[ˈj̰oː.ɓən]
y'ōban
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[j̰] > [ç]

[ˈçoː.ɓən]
hyōban
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
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[Travis B.]

[ç] > [ɕ]

[ˈɕoː.ɓən]
hyōban
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'