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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 3:14 am
by foxcatdog
Diphthongisation in stressed syllables

['θoi.çi]
télhi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 3:18 am
by Man in Space
*θ > Ø

['oi.çi]
télhi
‘minor correction’

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:26 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[o] > [wo]

['woi.çi]
thólhi
‘minor correction’

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 8:59 am
by Darren
[θ] → [f]

['fe.çi]
télhi

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:08 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ç] > [ɕ], also Interdialectal Borrowing:

['woi.ɕi]
thólhi
"correction, amendment"

['fe.ɕi]
féhi
"mistake, error"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:58 pm
by foxcatdog
*f > *v when initial

['woi.ɕi]
thólhi
"correction, amendment"

['ve.ɕi]
féhi
"mistake, error"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 6:26 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[i] > [ɘ] in terminal unstressed syllables after short open syllables:

['woi.ɕi]
thólhi
"correction, amendment"

['ve.ɕɘ]
féhi
"mistake, error"
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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:42 pm
by foxcatdog
Sibilant collapse

['woi.si]
thólhi
"correction, amendment"

['ve.sɘ]
féhi
"mistake, error"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:52 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[s] > [ç] before [i]

['woi.çi]
thólhi
"correction, amendment"

['ve.sɘ]
féhi
"mistake, error"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:57 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:52 pm [s] > [ç] before [i]

['woi.çi]
thólhi
"correction, amendment"

['ve.sɘ]
féhi
"mistake, error"
i give up

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:03 pm
by linguistcat
Intervocalic voicing, and spelling reform

['woi.ʝi]
wóyji
"correction, amendment"

['ve.zɘ]
vézi
"mistake, error"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 8:29 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of terminal unstressed [ɘ] with compensatory lengthening

['woi.ʝi]
wóyji
"correction, amendment"

['veːz]
vézi
"mistake, error"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 4:36 pm
by Man in Space
*woi- > uj-

['uj.ʝi]
wóyji
"correction, amendment"

['veːz]
vézi
"mistake, error"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:24 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[eː] > [ej]

['uj.ʝi]
wóyji
"correction, amendment"

['vejz]
vézi
"mistake, error"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:09 pm
by foxcatdog
Reviving this thread

[ba˧.bẽ:˦]

babę́ę́
"dog"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:43 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[a]-fronting

[bæ˧.bẽ:˦]

babę́ę́
"dog"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:32 pm
by Travis B.
Intervocalic lenition

[bæ˧.βẽ:˦]

bavę́ę́
"dog"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 1:16 am
by foxcatdog
In general vowels heighten. But unseen is *u > *a

[be˧.βĩ:˦]

bavę́ę́
"dog"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:48 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Diphthongisation of long vowels:

[be˧.βĩã˦]

baváin
"dog"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:30 pm
by foxcatdog
Breaking before voiced consonants

[bja˧.βĩã˦]

baváin
"dog"