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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.
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]