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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:08 am
by Travis B.
[ç] > [ɕ]
[heˈrehiɕ]
frehi
‘signal flag’
[ɢʁ] > [qχ]
[ˈtsimbqχaq]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:14 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of intervocalic [h] with coalescence of adjacent vowels into diphthongs:
[heˈreiɕ]
frehi
‘signal flag’
Devoicing of [b] before voiceless stops (also added in the missing stage):
[ˈtsimpkχak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:16 am
by Man in Space
Syllabic synharmony
[heˈɾehiçi]
frehi
‘signal flag’
*gʁ > qʜ
[ˈtsimbʁak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:22 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Everybody missing a few responses means Dialect Splits!
Initial [h] lost:
[eˈreiɕ]
éreisch
‘signal flag’
[ç] > j]
[heˈɾehiji]
frehi
‘signal flag’
[kχ] > [kʰ] with assimilation of preceding stops:
[ˈtsimpʰkʰak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’
[ʁ] > [w] after consonants
[ˈtsimbwak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:42 pm
by Sol717
[r] > [d]:
[eˈdeiɕ]
éreisch
‘alert, alarm’
Stress shift towards the initial syllable:
[ˈheɾehiji]
herehïi
‘signal flag’
[ak] > [aw] in unstressed ultimas:
[ˈtsimpʰkʰaw]
cimpkhao
‘small container’
Simplification of medial consonant cluster with compensatory lengthening:
[ˈtsiːmwak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:43 pm
by Man in Space
Lengthening of vowels before voiced consonants
[eːˈdeiɕ]
éreisch
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’
Lateralization of rhotics
[ˈhelehiji]
herehïi
‘signal flag’
Coda *w > Labialized onset
[ˈtsimpʰkwʰa]
cimpkhao
‘small container’
Metathesis of *Cs- onset sequences
[ˈstiːmwak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:39 pm
by Sol717
[ei] > [iː]:
[eːˈdiːɕ]
éreisch
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’
Reduction of vowels in every second syllable:
[ˈheləhijə]
herehïi
‘flag, banner’
Vowels round before labials:
[ˈtsympʰkʷʰa]
cimpkhao
‘small container’
m > ∅ _w:
[ˈstiːwak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:58 pm
by Man in Space
*Z > ∅ / V_V
[eːˈiːɕ]
éreisch
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’
*Vh > ∅
[ˈhelijə]
herehïi
‘flag, banner’
*Kʷ > P
[ˈtsymppʰa]
cimpkhao
‘small container’
*w > f / _VC[- vc]
[ˈstiːfak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:19 pm
by Sol717
All final consonants are apocopated:
[eːˈiː]
éeih
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’
l > ʎ _i:
[ˈheʎijə]
helïe
‘flag, banner’
V(C₂)Cː > Vː(C₂)C:
[ˈtsyːmpʰa]
cimpkhao
‘small container’
[iː] > [əɪ̯]:
[ˈstəɪ̯fak]
stiifak
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:19 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Semivowel excrescence:
[eːyˈiː]
éyí
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’
[ijə] > [joː]:
[ˈheʎjoː]
helïe
‘flag, banner’
Disaffrication:
[ˈsyːmpʰa]
ciumpha
‘small container’
[əɪ̯] > [eɪ̯]:
[ˈsteɪ̯fak]
stiifak
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:00 pm
by Man in Space
Vocalic sequence resolution
[øː]
éyí
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’
Loss of *j after another palatal sound
[ˈheʎoː]
helïe
‘flag, banner’
*s > h / #_
[ˈhyːmpʰa]
ciumpha
‘small container’
*S > Ø/ _#
[ˈsteɪ̯fa]
stiifak
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:25 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Unrounding of front rounded vowels with excrescent initial [w]
[weː]
wéyí
‘alert, alarm; klaxon’
Loss of initial [h]:
[ˈeʎoː]
helïe
‘flag, banner’
As above
[ˈyːmpʰa]
hiumpha
‘small container’
Insertion of [e] before initial [s] + consonant:
[ˈesteɪ̯fa]
esteyfa
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:52 am
by Sol717
[ʎ] > [j]:
[ˈejoː]
helïe
‘national flag’
[pʰ] > [p͡ɸ]:
[ˈyːmp͡ɸa]
hiumpha
‘pouch, wallet’
Reduction of final vowels:
[ˈesteɪ̯fə]
esteyfa
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:12 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[j] > [ç]
[ˈeçoː]
helïe
‘national flag’
Vowel Harmony develops:
[ˈyːmp͡ɸæ]
hiumpha
‘pouch, wallet’
French-style s-loss:
[ˈeːteɪ̯fə]
éteyfa
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:17 am
by Sol717
Stress is attracted to heavy syllables:
[eˈçoː]
ehyō
‘national flag’
Coda nasals are lost, leaving nasalation on the preceding vowel:
[ˈỹːp͡ɸæ]
hiumpha
‘pouch, wallet’
Diphthong broadening:
[ˈeːtaɪ̯fə]
éteyfa
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:00 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[oː] > [øː] after palatals:
[eˈçøː]
ehyō
‘national flag’
Disaffrication:
[ˈỹː.ɸæ]
hiumpha
‘pouch, wallet’
Shift of stress to the lass heavy syllable in a world:
[eː'taɪ̯.fə]
éteyfa
‘tin, small metal container’
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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:30 am
by Sol717
Apheresis of unstressed syllables:
[ˈçøː]
ehyō
‘national flag’
Formation of a prothetic onglide:
[ˈɥỹː.ɸæ]
ünphä
‘pouch, wallet’
Apocope of schwa:
[eː'taɪ̯f]
étayf
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:59 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[øː] > [eːo] in open syllables
[ˈçeːo]
hyō
‘national flag’
Fortition of initial [ɥ] > [ɟɥ]
[ˈɟɥỹː.ɸæ]
giünphä
‘pouch, wallet’
[aɪ̯] > [aː]
[eː'taːf]
étâfe
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:24 pm
by Sol717
[eːo] > [ɪə]:
[ˈçɪə]
hyō
‘national flag’
Breaking of nasal vowels:
[ˈɟɥœ̃ʏ̯.ɸæ]
giünphä
‘pouch, wallet’
[eː] > [ɨ] in unstressed syllables:
[ɨ'taːf]
étâfe
‘tin, small metal container’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:54 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ç] > [ɕ]
[ˈɕɪə]
hyō
‘national flag’
Nasalisation of vowels transfers to the preceding consonant in the form of prenasalisation:
[ˈɲɟɥœʏ̯.ɸæ]
giünphä
‘pouch, wallet’
[a]-affection:
[ɐ'taːf]
atâfe
‘tin, small metal container’