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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:22 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Prenasalisation lost:

[ʑỹmˈmɑ̃]
zhiunman
"person"
[/quote]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:25 pm
by foxcatdog
*ʑ > *z

[zỹmˈmɑ̃]
zhiunman
"person"

New word soon?

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:51 pm
by Darren
Vowels denasalised before a nasal consonant

[zymˈmɑ̃]
zhiunman
"person, human"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 12:00 am
by foxcatdog
[ˈd͡ʒy.fɒ.gʷæn]
gyufọgwan
"Sable Pelt"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 8:31 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ɒ æ] merge to [a]:

[ˈd͡ʒy.fa.gʷan]
jufagwan
"sable pelt"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 12:56 pm
by Travis B.
Vowels transfer rounding and frontness onto adjacent consonants.

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

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:34 pm
by Zju
f fʷ fʲʷ fʲ → h ʍ ɥ̥ j̥

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

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 6:24 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Voiceless resonants merge with voiced counterparts

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

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 7:39 pm
by 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"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:29 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[gʷ] > [b]

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

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:54 pm
by Man in Space
yɥœ → ø̯æ

[ˈdʑʷø̯æ.bɒn]
jiuyueoban

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

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:38 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Diphthong smoothing

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

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:35 pm
by Zju
Voiced stops shift to implosives:

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

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 4:17 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Reduction of posttonic unstressed vowels:

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

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 4:35 pm
by Man in Space
Implosive affricates become stop-plus-liquid sequences:

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

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:17 pm
by Travis B.
[ɥøː] > [joː]

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

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:55 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Initial cluster simplification:

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

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2022 6:51 pm
by foxcatdog
Glides become influenced by other consonants

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

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:56 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[j̰] > [ç]

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

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:20 pm
by Travis B.
[ç] > [ɕ]

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