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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