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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:32 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of intervocalic voiced implosives with semivocalic excrescence
[ˈɕoː.wən]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:00 pm
by Travis B.
[oː] > [uo]
[ˈɕuo.wən]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 4:19 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Palatals and labials trigger fronting and rounding of following consonants, respectively:
[ˈɕyø.won]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:30 pm
by foxcatdog
*o > *u before nasals
[ˈɕyø.wun]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:55 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Collapse of sequences of vowel-glide-vowel:
[ˈɕy̯øu̯n]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 7:57 pm
by Travis B.
Triphthong reduction.
[ˈɕy̯un]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:09 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of terminal nasals with compensatory nasalisation:
[ˈɕỹ̯ũ]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:15 pm
by Travis B.
Fixing the above change:
[ˈɕỹ̯ũ]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:40 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Oops, realised I never confirmed the edit after I forgot to delete the "n".
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 9:53 pm
by Travis B.
[y̯u] > [i̯u], [ỹ̯ũ] > [ĩ̯ũ]
[ˈɕĩ̯ũ]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:04 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Consonantalisation of nonsyllabic vowels:
[ɕcɕũ]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; a variety of berry juice so tinted'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:28 pm
by Darren
ɕcɕ → ɕː
[ɕːũ]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; burnt'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:41 pm
by Travis B.
Transfer of consonant length onto vowels.
[ɕũː]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; burnt'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:04 am
by foxcatdog
Vowel lenght lost
[ɕũ]
hyōbhan
'black, dark colour; burnt'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 2:41 am
by Darren
Reduplication for emphasis, as well as spelling reform
[ɕũɕũ]
hyun-hyun
'burnt, blackened'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 10:27 am
by Travis B.
Intervocalic voicing.
[ɕũʑũ]
hyun-hyun
'burnt, blackened'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 10:28 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Analogical voicing of the initial
[ʑũʑũ]
zhunzhun
'burnt, blackened'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 10:54 am
by Travis B.
Fortition of initial [ʑ] to [dʑ].
[dʑũʑũ]
zhunzhun
'burnt, blackened'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 11:03 am
by Man in Space
Dissimilation
[dʑœ̃ʊ̯ʑũ]
zhunzhun
'burnt, blackened'
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 11:16 am
by Travis B.
[œ̃ʊ̯] > [ɛ̃ʊ̯̃]
[dʑɛ̃ʊ̯̃ʑũ]
zhunzhun
'burnt, blackened'