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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 1:13 pm
by Jonlang
Rounding of vowels in syllables preceding syllables with rounded vowels:

[yːlømøɪ̯ˈmæː mɑredɒːsʊˈnʊː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 2:25 pm
by Travis B.
[øɪ̯] > [øʏ̯]

[yːlømøʏ̯ˈmæː mɑredɒːsʊˈnʊː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 2:34 pm
by Otto Kretschmer
[ukra'ina]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 2:56 pm
by Travis B.
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!

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 3:39 pm
by Jonlang
Consonants between identical vowels are deleted, creating long vowels:

[yːløːʏˈmæː mɑredɒːsˈʊː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 4:12 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Word 1:

[r] > [j]

[yːløːʏˈmæː mɑjedɒːsˈʊː]

Word 2:

Vowels lengthen in stressed open syllables:

[u.kra'iː.na]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 5:16 pm
by Zju
Word 1: hiatus resolution

[yːløːʏˈmæː mɑjedɒːsˈʊː] > [yːløʏ̯ˈmæː mɑjedɒːsˈʊː]

Word 2: Slavicise it up some

[u.kra'iː.na] > [wu.kra'jiː.na]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:58 pm
by Travis B.
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]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:30 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Word 1: Long vowels diphthongise.

[ˈyi̯løʏ̯mei̯ ˈmɑjedɒʊ̯səʊ̯]

Word 2: Umlaut.

[wy.kræ'jĩːã̯]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 2:08 pm
by vegfarandi
Word 1: Approximants fortify into fricatives

[ˈyʝʷløʝʷmeʝ ˈmɑʝedɒβsəβ]

Word 2: Approximants fortify into fricatives

[βy.kræ'ʝĩːã̯]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 3:05 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ʝ] > [ç]

[ˈyçʷløçʷmeç ˈmɑçedɒβsəβ]

[βy.kræ'çĩːã̯]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 3:33 pm
by Travis B.
[β] > [v]

[ˈyçʷløçʷmeç ˈmɑçedɒvsəv]

[vy.kræ'çĩːã̯]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 3:41 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Word 1: [çʷ] > [ɥ].

[ˈyɥløɥmeç ˈmɑçedɒvsəv]

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

[vy.kjæ'çĩːã̯]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:48 pm
by Travis B.
Word 1: Intervocalic unstressed [d] > [ð]

[ˈyɥløɥmeç ˈmɑçeðɒvsəv]

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

[vy.cjæ'çĩːã̯]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:12 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[c ç] > [ɕ]

[ˈyɥløɥmeɕ ˈmɑɕeðɒvsəv]

[vy.ɕjæ'ɕĩːã̯]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 7:59 pm
by Travis B.
Non-initial [ɕ] > [jʃ]

[ˈyɥløɥmejʃ ˈmɑjʃeðɒvsəv]

[vyj.ʃjæj'ʃĩːã̯]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2022 8:20 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Coda semivowels disappear, lengthening preceding vowels.

[ˈyːløːmeːʃ ˈmɑːʃeðɒvsəv]

[vyː.ʃjæː'ʃĩːã̯]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2022 1:20 pm
by Man in Space
Long vowels in unstressed syllables raise and lose length

[ˈyːlymiʃ ˈmɑːʃeðɒvsəv]

[vz̩ʷ.ʃje'ʃĩːã̯]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2022 1:35 pm
by Travis B.
Word 1: Rounded front vowels unround

[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːʃeðɒvsəv]

Word 2: [vz̩ʷ] > [zʷ]

[zʷʃje'ʃĩːã̯]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2022 1:46 pm
by Zju
Word 1: voicing lag assimilation

[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːʃeðɒvzəv]

Word 2: Sibilant assimilation

[ʒᶣje'ʃĩːã̯]