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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:45 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Second syllable changes analogically under the influence of standalone 月 (tsuki):

月夜見
つくよみ
[tsɯ̟̊ᵝ.ci.jo.mi]
Tsukiyomi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 2:07 pm
by Man in Space
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:45 pmSecond syllable changes analogically under the influence of standalone 月 (tsuki)
Oh, that's a really good/cool one. Never would've thought of that myself.

Roundedness harmony

月夜見
つくよみ
[tsɯ̟̊.ci.jɤ.mi]
Tsukiyomi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:50 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
i-mutation:

月夜見
つきえみ
[tsi̥ᵝ.ci.je.mi]
Tsükiyemi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:16 pm
by foxcatdog
*ts > *s:

月夜見
つきえみ
[si̥ᵝ.ci.je.mi]
Tsükiyemi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:23 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Sequences of vowel-glide-vowel collapse into glide + long vowel:

月夜見
つきえみ
[si̥ᵝ.cjeː.mi]
Tsükyēmi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:02 pm
by Travis B.
[c] > [tɕ]

月夜見
つきえみ
[si̥ᵝ.tɕjeː.mi]
Tsükyēmi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:16 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of voiceless vowels with assimilation in new clusters:

月夜見
つきえみ
[ɕtɕjeː.mi]
Shchyēmi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:54 pm
by foxcatdog
*ɕtɕ > *cç

月夜見
つきえみ
[cçjeː.mi]
ccyēmi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:59 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[jeː] > [iː]

月夜見
つきえみ
[cçiː.mi]
kyīmi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 10:05 pm
by foxcatdog
*i: breaking

月夜見
つきえみ
[cçwi.mi]
kyuimi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 10:57 pm
by Man in Space
w…m > m…m

月夜見
つきえみ
[cçmi.mi]
kyuimi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 6:31 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[cçm] > [ɲ]

月夜見
にみ
[ɲi.mi]
nyimi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 4:55 pm
by foxcatdog
[cçm] > [ɲ]

月夜見
にみ
[ɲi.mi]
nyimi

A dramatic change from....

[tsɯ̟̊ᵝkɯ̟ᵝjomi]
tsukuyomi
つくよみ

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 9:36 pm
by Man in Space
And we can go further still.

Sesquisyllabification

月夜見
にみ
[ɲə̆mi]
nyami

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 10:12 pm
by Travis B.
Monosyllabification.

月夜見
にみ
[ɲmi]
nymi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 10:41 pm
by Darren
Nasal dissimilation

月夜見
にみ
[ɟmi]
dymi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2022 11:05 pm
by Travis B.
Elision of [m] / C_V with nasalization of the following vowel.

月夜見
にみ
[ɟĩ]
dymi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:37 am
by foxcatdog
*ɟ > *j

月夜見
にみ
[jĩ]
jim

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:16 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of [j] before front vowels

月夜見
にみ
[ĩ]
im

Now Japanese is monosyllabic (contrast with polysyllabic Future Mandarin).

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:00 pm
by Zju
Word-final nasal vowels are lost:

月夜見
にみ
[]
im

New word:
['ᵐbʙuzi 't͡ɕʼeⱱe]
Bruzi language