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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2022 8:28 pm
by WarpedWartWars
Otto Kretschmer wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 8:23 am [ʃu:'jei]
"conlanging" to "shuyay". That's quite a big change.
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 2:11 pm [aɪ̯ eɪ̯] > [eː]

[juˌneːɾɪ̈d ˈsteːts]
Word-initial [st] > [est]

[juˌneːɾɪ̈d ˈesteːts]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2022 8:37 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[jyˌneːɾɪ̈d ˈesteːts]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2022 10:51 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 8:37 pm [jyˌneːɾɪ̈d ˈesteːts]
[jyˌneːɾɪ̈d ˈeɬeːɬ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:42 am
by Otto Kretschmer
[jyˌneːɾɪ̈t ˈeɬeːɬ]
(Devoicing of final plosives)

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:14 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ɬ] > [ʃ]

[jyˌneːɾɪ̈t ˈeʃeːʃ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:38 pm
by Otto Kretschmer
jyˌneːɾɪ̈ʘ ˈeʃeːǁ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 1:43 pm
by Zju
[jyˌɾeːlɪ̈ʘ ˈereːǁ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:46 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[jyˌɾeːlɪ̈ ˈereː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:55 pm
by WarpedWartWars
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:46 pm [jyˌɾeːlɪ̈ ˈereː]
Laxed vowels:

[jʏˌɾɛːlɪ̈ ˈɛrɛː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:22 pm
by Travis B.
WarpedWartWars wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:55 pm Laxed vowels:

[jʏˌɾɛːlɪ̈ ˈɛrɛː]
Lengthening and tensing of stressed vowels:

[jʏˌɾeːlɪ̈ ˈeːrɛː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:05 pm
by WarpedWartWars
Travis B. wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:22 pm Lengthening and tensing of stressed vowels:

[jʏˌɾeːlɪ̈ ˈeːrɛː]
"Fixing" of previously long vowels not getting lengthened in stressed syllables, due to people seeing older texts with long vowels there and pronouncing them even longer:

[jʏˌɾeːˑlɪ̈ ˈeːrɛː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:17 pm
by foxcatdog
Great vowel shift

[jʏˌɾiːˑlɪ̈ ˈiːriː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:22 pm
by Travis B.
thethief3 wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:17 pm Great vowel shift

[jʏˌɾiːˑlɪ̈ ˈiːriː]
Lowering and shortening of unstressed vowels:

[jøˌɾiːˑləˈiːre]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:33 pm
by Otto Kretschmer
[jøˌɾiːˑləˈiːrə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:46 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ə] > [ɐ]


[jøˌɾiːˑlɐˈiːrɐ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:56 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:46 pm [ə] > [ɐ]


[jøˌɾiːˑlɐˈiːrɐ]
Taps become stops in all positions

[jøˌdiːˑlɐˈiːrɐ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:06 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[jøˌdɐj.lɐˈɐjrɐ]

[iː] > [ɐj]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:28 pm
by WarpedWartWars
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:06 pm [jøˌdɐj.lɐˈɐjrɐ]

[iː] > [ɐj]
Laxing of vowels:

[jəˌdəj.ləˈəjrə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:38 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ə] shifts based on its environment: [əj] > [e], [jə] > [i], [ə] > [a].

[iˌde.laˈera]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 12:29 am
by Otto Kretschmer
Quite a change!

/ˈθiu̯.ðis.kɑz/