Word evolution game

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Jonlang
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Rounding of vowels in syllables preceding syllables with rounded vowels:

[yːlømøɪ̯ˈmæː mɑredɒːsʊˈnʊː]
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Travis B.
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[øɪ̯] > [øʏ̯]

[yːlømøʏ̯ˈmæː mɑredɒːsʊˈnʊː]
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Re: Word evolution game

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[ukra'ina]
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Otto Kretschmer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 2:34 pm [ukra'ina]
The previous one still had plenty of potential in it! We had not gotten anywhere close to reducing it to a single syllable!
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Consonants between identical vowels are deleted, creating long vowels:

[yːløːʏˈmæː mɑredɒːsˈʊː]
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Rounin Ryuuji
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Re: Word evolution game

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Word 1:

[r] > [j]

[yːløːʏˈmæː mɑjedɒːsˈʊː]

Word 2:

Vowels lengthen in stressed open syllables:

[u.kra'iː.na]
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Word 1: hiatus resolution

[yːløːʏˈmæː mɑjedɒːsˈʊː] > [yːløʏ̯ˈmæː mɑjedɒːsˈʊː]

Word 2: Slavicise it up some

[u.kra'iː.na] > [wu.kra'jiː.na]
/j/ <j>

Ɂaləɂahina asəkipaɂə ileku omkiroro salka.
Loɂ ɂerleku asəɂulŋusikraɂə seləɂahina əɂətlahɂun əiŋɂiɂŋa.
Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ.
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Word 1: Move stress to initial position

[yːløʏ̯ˈmæː mɑjedɒːsˈʊː] > [ˈyːløʏ̯mæː ˈmɑjedɒːsʊː]

Word 2: Elide unstressed intervocalic nasals, resulting in a nasal diphthong.

[wu.kra'jiː.na] > [wu.kra'jĩːã̯]
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Re: Word evolution game

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Word 1: Long vowels diphthongise.

[ˈyi̯løʏ̯mei̯ ˈmɑjedɒʊ̯səʊ̯]

Word 2: Umlaut.

[wy.kræ'jĩːã̯]
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Re: Word evolution game

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Word 1: Approximants fortify into fricatives

[ˈyʝʷløʝʷmeʝ ˈmɑʝedɒβsəβ]

Word 2: Approximants fortify into fricatives

[βy.kræ'ʝĩːã̯]
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Re: Word evolution game

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[ʝ] > [ç]

[ˈyçʷløçʷmeç ˈmɑçedɒβsəβ]

[βy.kræ'çĩːã̯]
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[β] > [v]

[ˈyçʷløçʷmeç ˈmɑçedɒvsəv]

[vy.kræ'çĩːã̯]
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Re: Word evolution game

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Word 1: [çʷ] > [ɥ].

[ˈyɥløɥmeç ˈmɑçedɒvsəv]

Word 2: Postconsonantal [r] > [j].

[vy.kjæ'çĩːã̯]
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Word 1: Intervocalic unstressed [d] > [ð]

[ˈyɥløɥmeç ˈmɑçeðɒvsəv]

Word 2: [k] > [c] before [j].

[vy.cjæ'çĩːã̯]
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Re: Word evolution game

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[c ç] > [ɕ]

[ˈyɥløɥmeɕ ˈmɑɕeðɒvsəv]

[vy.ɕjæ'ɕĩːã̯]
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Non-initial [ɕ] > [jʃ]

[ˈyɥløɥmejʃ ˈmɑjʃeðɒvsəv]

[vyj.ʃjæj'ʃĩːã̯]
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Coda semivowels disappear, lengthening preceding vowels.

[ˈyːløːmeːʃ ˈmɑːʃeðɒvsəv]

[vyː.ʃjæː'ʃĩːã̯]
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Long vowels in unstressed syllables raise and lose length

[ˈyːlymiʃ ˈmɑːʃeðɒvsəv]

[vz̩ʷ.ʃje'ʃĩːã̯]
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Word 1: Rounded front vowels unround

[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːʃeðɒvsəv]

Word 2: [vz̩ʷ] > [zʷ]

[zʷʃje'ʃĩːã̯]
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Re: Word evolution game

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Word 1: voicing lag assimilation

[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːʃeðɒvzəv]

Word 2: Sibilant assimilation

[ʒᶣje'ʃĩːã̯]
/j/ <j>

Ɂaləɂahina asəkipaɂə ileku omkiroro salka.
Loɂ ɂerleku asəɂulŋusikraɂə seləɂahina əɂətlahɂun əiŋɂiɂŋa.
Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ.
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