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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:40 pm
by 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)

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:02 pm
by 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)

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:37 pm
by 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)

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:33 am
by 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)

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:52 am
by Otto Kretschmer
New word

[ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ.mənt]
Impeachment

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:12 am
by foxcatdog
Voicing of intervocalic and post nasal segments

[ɪmˈbiːd͡ʒ.mənd]
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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:08 am
by Travis B.
Elision of coda nasals with nasalization of preceding vowels.

[ɪ̃ˈbiːd͡ʒ.mə̃d]
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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:33 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[iː] > [ei]

[ɪ̃ˈbeid͡ʒ.mə̃d]
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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:50 pm
by Travis B.
Devoicing of coda obstruents.

[ɪ̃ˈbeit͡ʃ.mə̃t]
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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:09 pm
by foxcatdog
Nasal vowels lower in quality

[ɛ̃ˈbeit͡ʃ.mãt]
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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:39 pm
by Man in Space
Loss of word-internal nasals before nasal vowels

[ɛ̃ˈbei.t͡ʃãt]
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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:59 pm
by Travis B.
Progressive nasal assimilation blocked by fortis obstruents.

[ɛ̃ˈmẽĩ.t͡ʃãt]
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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:02 pm
by foxcatdog
Deaffrication
[ɛ̃ˈmẽĩ.ʃãt]
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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:39 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Lowering of unstressed nasal vowels:

[ãˈmẽĩ.ʃõt]
NS: anmeinschont
OS: impeachment

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:30 pm
by foxcatdog
Final *t lost

[ãˈmẽĩ.ʃõ]
NS: anmeinschont
OS: impeachment

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:18 pm
by Travis B.
[ẽĩ] > [æ̃ĩ̯]

[ãˈmæ̃ĩ̯.ʃõ]
NS: anmeinschont
OS: impeachment

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:21 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Nasalisation transfers to following voiceless consonants, triggering prenasalisation and voicing:

[ãˈmæĩ.ⁿʒõ]
NS: anmeinschont
OS: impeachment

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:29 pm
by foxcatdog
New Word
[ˈna.na.ta]
nanata
“clear”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:17 pm
by Travis B.
Haplogy

[ˈna.ta]
nanata
“clear”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:31 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Unstressed [a] > [ɐ]

[ˈna.tɐ]
nanata
“clear”