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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:31 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Wow this is very circular.

Dental stops to affricates.

[eːˈt̪͡s̪aːbo uˈniːbo d̪͡z̪e ˈmeːɟiko]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:42 pm
by Jonlang
Loss of final vowels in words of over two syllables.

[eːˈt̪͡s̪aːb uˈniːb d̪͡z̪e ˈmeːɟik]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:46 pm
by Travis B.
Lenition of final plosives to fricatives.

[eːˈt̪͡s̪aːβ uˈniːβ d̪͡z̪e ˈmeːɟix]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:04 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Further lenition to semiconsonants:

[eːˈt̪͡s̪aːw uˈniːw d̪͡z̪e ˈmeːɟij]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:08 pm
by Jonlang
Unstressed initial syllables disappear:

[ˈt̪͡s̪aːw ˈniːw d̪͡z̪e ˈmeːɟij]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:10 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Long vowels take rising pitch before front vowels and palatals, and rising-falling pitch before back vowels and [w]; all other syllables take falling pitch

[ˈt̪͡s̪âːw ˈnîːw d̪͡z̪è ˈméːɟìj]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:13 pm
by Emily
affricates to fricatives
[ˈs̪âːw ˈnîːw z̪è ˈméːɟìj]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:15 pm
by Jonlang
Let's see what we can do to Quenya (the IPA is a guess, I'm not clued up on Quenya):

[man kenuva meːtim anduːne]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:27 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
I believe its /e eː o oː/ are generally thought to have been [ɛ ɛː ɔ ɔː], but that level of specificity wasn't really what Tolkien was aiming for.

In honour of this, however —

Mid vowel laxing:

[man kɛnuva mɛːtim anduːnɛ]

(Edit: It was apparently only the short vowels that were probably "laxer", but no take-backsies.)

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:35 pm
by Travis B.
Final vowel reduction and centralization.

[man kɛnuvɐ mɛːtim anduːnə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:52 pm
by vegfarandi
Stops preceding short vowels fricate

[man xɛnuvɐ mɛːθim anduːnə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:54 pm
by Jonlang
[nd] > [nn]

[man xɛnuvɐ mɛːθim annuːnə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:04 pm
by Emily
nasals palatalize when geminated, assimilate to adjacent consonant, and otherwise neutralize to /n/

[naŋ xɛnuvɐ nɛːθin aɲuːnə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:17 pm
by Travis B.
Nasals nasalize preceding short vowels.

[nãŋ xɛ̃nuvɐ nɛːθĩn ãɲuːnə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:20 pm
by Jonlang
Nasals deleted after a nasalised vowel

[nã xɛ̃uvɐ nɛːθĩ ãuːnə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:26 pm
by vegfarandi
Rhinoglottophila: nasalized vowels denasalize but pharyngealize preceding consonant.

[nˤa ħɛuvɐ nɛːθˤi ʕauːnə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:27 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Quantitative metathesis of [auː] > [aːu]

[nˤa ħɛuvɐ nɛːθˤi ʕaːunə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:32 pm
by Jonlang
[θ] > [s]

[nˤa ħɛuvɐ nɛːsˤi ʕaːunə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:33 pm
by vegfarandi
[ə] > [ɐ]

[nˤa ħɛuvɐ nɛːsˤi ʕaːunɐ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:40 pm
by Jonlang
Loss of final vowels in polysyllabic words, monosyllables have a centralised vowel.

[nˤɐ ħɛuv nɛːsˤ ʕaːun]