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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2022 4:32 pm
by Travis B.
Paltalization of postalveolars before front vowels and [j].
[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːɕeðɒvzəv]
[ʑᶣje'ɕĩːã̯]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:45 pm
by Man in Space
Word 1: Deletion of weak vowels (with regressive voicing assimilation)
[ˈiːlmiʃ ˈmɑːʒðɒvzv]
Word 2: Vowel height averaging
[ʒᶣje'ʃẽː]
Word 1 looks kind of Kartvelian to me now. Word 2 looks like it could fit right in next to Ubykh.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:45 am
by vegfarandi
Word 1: Vowel-harmonic epenthesis in complex consonant clusters
[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːʒðɒvɑzɑv]
Word 2: Stress moves to the front
['ʒᶣjeʃẽː]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 11:57 am
by Travis B.
Word 1: Lenition of coda non-sibilant fricatives to semivowels.
[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːʒðɒvɑzɑw]
Word 2: [ʒᶣj] > [ʑʷ]
['ʑʷeʃẽː]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 12:04 pm
by vegfarandi
Word one: [ɑw] > [ɒ]
[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːʒðɒvɑzɒ]
Word 2: [ʑʷ] > [ʒʷ]
['ʒʷeʃẽː]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 1:02 pm
by Travis B.
Word 1: Devoicing of sibilants
[ˈiːlimiʃ ˈmɑːʃðɒvɑsɒ]
Word 2: Labialization of consonants moving to following vowels
['ʒøʃẽː]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 7:22 pm
by Man in Space
Word 1: Strong syncope
[ˈiːlmiʃ ˈmɑːʃðvɑs]
Word 2: Dissimilation of manner
['ɟøʃẽː]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:01 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Word 1: Voicing assimilation.
[ˈiːlmiʃ ˈmɑːʒðvɑs]
Word 2: Affrication of palatal stops.
['ɟʑøʃẽː]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:08 pm
by Travis B.
Word 1: Lenition of [v]
[ˈiːlmiʃ ˈmɑːʒðwɑs]
Word 2: Depalatalization of palatals.
['dʒøʃẽː]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:48 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Word 1: [ðw] > [v].
[ˈiːlmiʃ ˈmɑːʒvɑs]
Word 2: Denasalisation of nasal vowels.
['dʒøʃeː]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:24 am
by Otto Kretschmer
[est'ados u'nidos de 'mexiko]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:32 am
by Jonlang
Intervocalic lenition:
[est'aðos u'niðos de 'meɣiɡo]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:11 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[s] > [ʃ]
[eʃt'aðoʃ u'niðoʃ de 'meɣiɡo]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:33 am
by Jonlang
Loss of fricatives with compensatory lengthening of preceding vowels unless final:
[eːt'aːo u'niːo de 'meːiɡo]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:06 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Dentals assibilate
[eː's̪aːo u'niːo z̪e 'meːiɡo]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:07 am
by Travis B.
Insertion of epenthetic glides.
[eː's̪aːwo u'niːwo z̪e 'meːjiɡo]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:19 am
by Jonlang
[s̪ z̪] become dentals [θ ð]:
[eː'θaːwo u'niːwo ðe 'meːjiɡo]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 1:55 pm
by Travis B.
Fortition of glides.
[eː'θaːβo u'niːβo ðe 'meːʝiɡo]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:00 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Medial [g] > [x]
[eː'θaːβo u'niːβo ðe 'meːʝixo]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:02 pm
by Travis B.
Fortition of fricatives.
[eːˈt̪aːbo uˈniːbo d̪e ˈmeːɟiko]