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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:35 pm
by Travis B.
Lowering of nasalized vowels.
[bja˧.βẽã˦]
baváin
"dog"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:11 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[bj] > [dʒ]
[dʒa˧.βẽã˦]
baváin
"dog"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:30 pm
by foxcatdog
Voicing dissimilation papuan style (it is sort of meant to be a papuan language)
[sa˧.βẽã˦]
savján
"female dog"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 6:53 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
That's an awfully big change to happen all at once.
Anyway, tone loss.
[sa.βẽã]
savján
"female dog"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:28 pm
by foxcatdog
Diphthong smoothing
[sa.βɛ̃ɛ̃]
savján
"female dog"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 9:59 pm
by Travis B.
Prevocalic fricative voicing.
[za.βɛ̃ɛ̃]
savján
"female Chihuahua"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:00 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Vowel Coalescence
[za.βɛ̃ː]
savján
"female Chihuahua"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 11:20 pm
by foxcatdog
Nasalisation
[za.mɛ̃ː]
savján
"female demon"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 11:59 pm
by Man in Space
Deletion of unstressed pretonic short vowels in syllables preceding a long vowel:
[zmɛ̃ː]
savján
"female demon"
(Also that semantic drift is slaying me.)
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 2:46 am
by foxcatdog
Debuccalisation
[ɦmɛ̃ː]
savján
"female demon"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 7:06 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Lowering of nasal vowels
[ɦmæ̃ː]
savján
"banshee, a kind of evil spirit said to wail or scream"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 1:08 pm
by Travis B.
I presume the semantic shift from chihuahuas to demons is based on small yappy dogs being demonic?
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 1:10 pm
by Travis B.
Breaking of nasal vowels with ejection of nasality.
[ɦmæw̃]
savján
"banshee, a kind of evil spirit said to wail or scream"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 4:54 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of nasality on resonants, also slight orthographic revisions are introduced
[ɦmæw]
savján
"banshee, a kind of evil spirit said to wail or scream; (by extension) a troublesome, noisy child (usually female)"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 5:48 pm
by Man in Space
Loss of glottal fricatives in clusters
[mæw]
savján
"banshee, a kind of evil spirit said to wail or scream; (by extension) a troublesome, noisy child (usually female)"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 5:56 pm
by foxcatdog
Ejection of palatal features onto following consonants.
[mʲaw]
myau
"banshee, a kind of evil spirit said to wail or scream; (by extension) a troublesome, noisy child (usually female)"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:15 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Backing and rounding before [w]
[mʲɔw]
myau
"banshee, a kind of evil spirit said to wail or scream; (by extension) a troublesome, noisy child (usually female)"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 10:11 pm
by foxcatdog
I guess with how this ended up it was pretty expected of me but the steps were somewhat novel. [ba˧.bẽ:˦]
Anyways new word.
['na.jan.si:]
najansii
"sun dragon goddess"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 11:41 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[iː] > [ai]
['na.jan.sai]
najansii
"sun dragon goddess"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 10:14 pm
by Travis B.
[ns] > [n.ts]
['na.jan.tsai]
najansii
"sun dragon demonness"