Word evolution game

[Man in Space]

*ɔɛ̯ > ɜ

[nɜiŋ]
nåyzk
cervical vertebra; loop on a coat’s collar on which it may be hung (metonymically used to refer to a style of jacket characteristic of the invading force)

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ŋ] > [ɲ]

[nɜiɲ]
nëinh
cervical vertebra; loop on a coat’s collar on which it may be hung (metonymically used to refer to a style of jacket characteristic of the invading force)

[Travis B.]

Coda nasals nasalize preceding vowels then disappear.

[nɜ̃ĩ]
nëinh
cervical vertebra; loop on a coat’s collar on which it may be hung (metonymically used to refer to a style of jacket characteristic of the invading force)

[foxcatdog]

Nasals lsot before nasal vowels

[ɜ̃ĩ]
nëinh
cervical vertebra; loop on a coat’s collar on which it may be hung (metonymically used to refer to a style of jacket characteristic of the invading force)

[Otto Kretschmer]

New word

[ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ.mənt]
Impeachment

[foxcatdog]

Voicing of intervocalic and post nasal segments

[ɪmˈbiːd͡ʒ.mənd]
Impeachment

[Travis B.]

Elision of coda nasals with nasalization of preceding vowels.

[ɪ̃ˈbiːd͡ʒ.mə̃d]
Impeachment

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[iː] > [ei]

[ɪ̃ˈbeid͡ʒ.mə̃d]
Impeachment

[Travis B.]

Devoicing of coda obstruents.

[ɪ̃ˈbeit͡ʃ.mə̃t]
Impeachment

[foxcatdog]

Nasal vowels lower in quality

[ɛ̃ˈbeit͡ʃ.mãt]
Impeachment

[Man in Space]

Loss of word-internal nasals before nasal vowels

[ɛ̃ˈbei.t͡ʃãt]
impeachment

[Travis B.]

Progressive nasal assimilation blocked by fortis obstruents.

[ɛ̃ˈmẽĩ.t͡ʃãt]
impeachment

[foxcatdog]

Deaffrication
[ɛ̃ˈmẽĩ.ʃãt]
impeachment

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Lowering of unstressed nasal vowels:

[ãˈmẽĩ.ʃõt]
NS: anmeinschont
OS: impeachment

[foxcatdog]

Final *t lost

[ãˈmẽĩ.ʃõ]
NS: anmeinschont
OS: impeachment

[Travis B.]

[ẽĩ] > [æ̃ĩ̯]

[ãˈmæ̃ĩ̯.ʃõ]
NS: anmeinschont
OS: impeachment

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Nasalisation transfers to following voiceless consonants, triggering prenasalisation and voicing:

[ãˈmæĩ.ⁿʒõ]
NS: anmeinschont
OS: impeachment

[foxcatdog]

New Word
[ˈna.na.ta]
nanata
“clear”

[Travis B.]

Haplogy

[ˈna.ta]
nanata
“clear”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Unstressed [a] > [ɐ]

[ˈna.tɐ]
nanata
“clear”