Word evolution game

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Nasalisation lost in syllables without a nasal initial or coda@

[wǿː.ɲɑ̃]
huóinian
"to have"

[z] > [ʁ]

[ˈman.ni.hu.ʁa]
mannihura
“technology”

[Man in Space]

Vowel nasalization > low tone

[wǿː.ɲà]
huóinian
"to have"

*nn > ɲ

[ˈma.ɲi.hu.ʁa]
mañihura
“technology”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[a] > [ie] after palatals

[wǿː.ɲiè]
huóinian
"to have"

[h] > [f] before rounded vowels

[ˈma.ɲi.fu.ʁa]
mañihura
“technology”

[Man in Space]

Prestoppage of nasals following long vowels, which shorten

[wǿ.^ɟɲiè]
huóinian
"to have"

Rosenfelder’s law

[ˈmaɲ.fuʁ]
mañfur
“technology”

[Travis B.]

Unrounding of front vowels.

[wé.^ɟɲiè]
huóinian
"to have"

Fronting of vowels before palatals.

[ˈmæɲ.fuʁ]
mañfur
“technology”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[w] > [ɥ] before front vowels

[ɥé.^ɟɲiè]
huégniè
"to have"

Coda [ɲ] > [j]

[ˈmæj.fuʁ]
mäifur
“technology”

[Man in Space]

Loss of palatial onglides following palatals

[ɥé.^ɟɲè]
huégniè
‘to have’

*jC > C:

[ˈmæf.fuʁ]
mäifur
‘technology; profession-specific equipment, technical equipment for some task’

[foxcatdog]

Fortition

[cé.^cɲè]
huégniè
‘to have’

Vowel raising

[ˈmef.fuʁ]
mäifur
‘technology; profession-specific equipment, technical equipment for some task’

[Man in Space]

Vowels in the initial syllable devoice between voiceless sounds

[ce̥.^cɲè]
huégniè
‘to have’

Progressive vowel harmony

[ˈmef.fyʁ]
mäifur
‘technology; profession-specific equipment, technical equipment for some task’

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Prestopped nasals become geminate voiceless stops:

[ce̥c.cè]
hyékkyè
‘to have’

Degemination:

[ˈme.fyʁ]
mäifur
‘technology; profession-specific equipment, technical equipment for some task’

[Man in Space]

Loss of voiceless vowels with simplification of the resulting trainwreck

[cçcè]
hyékkyè
‘to have’

Labial consonants round a preceding vowel

[ˈmø.fyʁ]
mäifur
‘technology; profession-specific equipment, technical equipment for some task’

[foxcatdog]

[ˈpaθkʷ]
paskʷ
“bird”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

I think this one's still good, so intervocallic [f] > [v]

[ˈmø.vyʁ]
mäifur
‘technology; profession-specific equipment, technical equipment for some task’

Loss of labialisation of terminal stops with ejection of following [u]:

[ˈpaθku]
pascu
“bird”

[Man in Space]

Deletion of unstressed posttonic high vowels

[ˈmø.vɑ]
mäifur
‘technology; profession-specific equipment, technical equipment for some task’

*a-affectation in the posttonic

[ˈpaθkɯ]
pascu
“bird”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ø] > [jo]

[ˈmjo.vɑ]
mäifur
‘technology; profession-specific equipment, technical equipment for some task’

Voiceless fricative + voiceless Stop > preaspirated voiceless stop

[ˈpaʰkɯ]
pascu
“bird”

[Sol717]

Elision of intervocalic voiced non-sibilant fricatives (with placeholder <h> to break the hiatus):

[ˈmjo.ɑ]
moihor
"necessary or usual supplies for a job or task"

Vowel breaking (with loss of preaspiration as it is no longer contrastive):

[ˈpɑɔ̯kɯ]
pahkï
“bird”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Hiatus collapse with coalescence into a long vowel:

[ˈmjɔː]
moihor
"necessary or usual supplies for a job or task"

Diphthongs smooth into long vowels:

[ˈpɔːkɯ]
pahkï
“bird”

[Sol717]

/Cj/ clusters assimilate into the corresponding palatal:

[ˈɳɔː]
moihor
"necessary or usual supplies for a job or task"

Centralisation of /ɯ/ (as in Polish, but more extreme):

[ˈpɔːkɘ]
pahkï
“bird”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Open syllables develop a closing offglide:

[ˈɳɔːw]
nioiw
"necessary or usual supplies for a job or task"

[ɘ] > [jɔ]

[ˈpɔːkjɔ]
pahkë
“bird”

[Sol717]

Palatalisation of [kj] with "ejection" of preceding palatal:

[ˈpɔːjt͡ʃɔ]
pahkë
“bird”