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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 6:45 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Diphthong smoothing, also minuscule spelling reforms

[xʁʷɑː.s̺us]
cryciss

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:57 am
by Travis B.
[xʁʷ] > [χʷ]

[χʷɑː.s̺us]
cryciss

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 10:53 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Labialisation triggers backing and rounding:

[χʷɔː.s̺us]
cryciss

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:26 pm
by foxcatdog
*s̺ > *θ

[χʷɔː.θus]
xwoethus

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:31 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
The apical s doing that is weird.

Either way, long vowels diphthongise, and radical spelling changes are quickly rejected:

[χʷɛʊ.θus]
cryciss

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:52 pm
by Travis B.
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:31 pm The apical s doing that is weird.
It's the opposite of what happened in Spanish.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:55 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Travis B. wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:52 pm
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:31 pm The apical s doing that is weird.
It's the opposite of what happened in Spanish.
I noticed.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:56 pm
by Travis B.
Intervocalic fricatives voice.

[χʷɛʊ.ðus]
cryciss

Concurrently, there are those who perceive the new interdental fricatives as an abomination and readopt apical sibilants under the influence of varieties that have not lost them:

[χʷɛʊ.s̺us]
cryciss

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 1:41 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[s̺] > [ʃ], also both words are absorbed into a new Koiné with slight differences in meaning:

[χʷɛʊ.ðus]
crythis
"morass, dilemma"

[χʷɛʊ.ʃus]
crycis
"calamity, catastrophe"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 1:47 pm
by Man in Space
Pharyngealization harmony

[χʷɛʊ.ðˤusˤ]
crythis
'morass, dilemma'

[χʷɛʊ.ʃˤusˤ]
crycis
'calamity, catastrophe'

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 2:14 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ɛʊ] > [joʊ]

[χʷjoʊ.ðˤusˤ]
crythis
"morass, dilemma"

[χʷjoʊ.ʃˤusˤ]
crycis
"calamity, catastrophe"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 5:36 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:55 pm
Travis B. wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:52 pm
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:31 pm The apical s doing that is weird.
It's the opposite of what happened in Spanish.
I noticed.
I might have confused it for dental

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 6:34 pm
by Man in Space
*χ(ʷ) > Ø

[joʊ.ðˤusˤ]
crythis
'morass, dilemma'

[joʊ.ʃˤusˤ]
crycis
'calamity, catastrophe'

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 7:30 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Diphthong fronting, and a few very minor spelling changes:

[jøʏ.ðˤusˤ]
rhythis
'morass, dilemma'

[jøʏ.ʃˤusˤ]
rhycis
'calamity, catastrophe'

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 11:12 pm
by foxcatdog
['tæ.ɬi]
tæłi
"eye"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 8:43 pm
by WarpedWartWars
foxcatdog wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 11:12 pm ['tæ.ɬi]
tæłi
"eye"
[æ] gets raised to [e]:
['te.ɬi]
tæłi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 6:41 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ɬ] > [ç] before [i]
['te.hi]
télhi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 11:04 am
by Travis B.
Minor correction.
['te.çi]
télhi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2023 6:00 pm
by foxcatdog
*t > *ts before front vowels
['tse.çi]
télhi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:04 pm
by Travis B.
[ts] > [θ]

['θe.çi]
télhi