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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 10:49 pm
by foxcatdog
*p > *k

['kɛːɔ̯ʃ]
keosh
“dog”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 12:05 am
by Man in Space
Lenition of final continuants

[kɛːɔ̯]
keosh
“dog”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 12:07 am
by Darren
Verschärfung

[kɛːɡʷ]
keosh
“dog”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 12:13 am
by foxcatdog
Velar dissimilation

[tɛːɡʷ]
keosh
“dog”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 6:47 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Raising of [ɛː] > [eː]

[teːɡʷ]
tégw
“dog”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 7:16 am
by Man in Space
Labiovelars > Bilabials

[teːb]
tégw
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 7:51 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[t] > [tʃ] before front vowels.

[tʃeːb]
czéb
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 9:51 am
by Man in Space
Postvocalic stop lenition

[tʃeːu]
czéb
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 12:40 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[eː] > [joː] in before a nonsyllabic rounded vowel

[tʃjoːu]
cziów
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 4:21 pm
by Man in Space
joːu > yː

[tʃyː]
cziów
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 6:32 pm
by foxcatdog
Frication of high vowels
[tʃʝʷː]
cziów
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 7:34 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ʝʷː] back to [yː] in coda (would [tʃʝʷː] even be pronounceable?)

[tʃyː]
cziów
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”
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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 7:53 pm
by foxcatdog
There are some sino-tibetan languages with syllabic fricatives instead of high vowels and also a few languages in california like that. Also no taking back sound changes.

Frication of high vowels
[tʃʝʷː]
cziów
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 8:11 pm
by Travis B.
People find that too hard to pronounce, so under the influence of a dialect where that sound change didn't take place, they palatalize they palatalize and labialize the consonant and defricate the vowel.

[tɕʷiː]
cziów
"Chihuahua; joker (cards)”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 8:18 pm
by foxcatdog
Chain shift of palatals > velars > glottals

[kʷiː]
kwii
"demon especially of cards”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 10:27 pm
by Man in Space
New word:

[bˤægʱˈdʱumbʙuʛ]
bräghdhumbbugg
'to halt s.o./s.th. by means of a loud noise'

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 10:56 pm
by foxcatdog
Man in Space wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 10:27 pm New word:

[bˤægʱˈdʱumbʙuʛ]
bräghdhumbbugg
'to halt s.o./s.th. by means of a loud noise'
I was hoping to do a new word for the threads 100 page anniversary

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 11:01 pm
by foxcatdog
Voiced aspirates to aspirated stops

[bˤægʱˈtʰumbʙuʛ]
bräghdhumbbugg
'to halt s.o./s.th. by means of a loud noise'

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 9:41 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Voicing Assimilation:

[bˤækʰˈtʰumbʙuʛ]
bräkhthumbbugg

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 11:31 am
by Travis B.
Bilabial trills are replaced with [v].

[bˤækʰˈtʰumbvuʛ]
bräkhthumbbugg