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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:53 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Vowels lengthen with rising-falling tone:

[’njœ̄.ʂʰæ̂ː]
nyœ3thræ42
'bystander'

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:25 am
by Sol717
[j] is lost before front vowels:

[’nœ̄.ʂʰæ̂ː]
nyœ3thræ42
'bystander'

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:02 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Stress shifts to the heaviest syllable:

[nœ̄’ʂʰæ̂ː]
nyœ3thræ42
'bystander'

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:40 pm
by Travis B.
Aspirated sibilants become unaspirated intervocalic consonants.

[nœ̄’θæ̂ː]
nyœ3thræ42
'bystander'

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:45 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Tone lost in unstressed syllables:

[nœ’θæ̂ː]
nyœthræ42

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:01 pm
by foxcatdog
Unstressed syllables lost

[nθæ̂ː]
nthæ42

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:21 pm
by Sol717
Long vowels break:

[nθɛ̂ə̯]
nthæ42

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:34 pm
by foxcatdog
*nθ > *dz
[dzɛ̂ə̯]
nthæ42

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 1:50 am
by foxcatdog
[’n:ɛ:k.kan]
nnẹẹkkan
"she wolf"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:10 pm
by Travis B.
Initial long consonants are shortened, triggering breaking of following vowels.
[’njɛ:k.kan]
nnẹẹkkan
"she wolf"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:51 pm
by Sol717
Final nasals velarise:
[’njɛ:k.kaŋ]
nnẹẹkkan
"she wolf"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:54 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Coda velar stops liquidise:

[’njɛ:j.kaŋ]
niéccan
"she wolf"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:56 am
by Travis B.
Coda nasals are elided, leading to nasalization and lengthening of the preceding vowels.

[’njɛ:j.kãː]
niéccan
"she wolf"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 5:59 pm
by foxcatdog
Triphthongs smooth to diphthongs
[’nje:.kãː]
niéccan
"she wolf"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:44 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Vowel nasalisation transfers as prenasalisation onto consonants:
[’nje:.ŋkaː]
niégca
"she wolf"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:38 am
by Travis B.
A-umlaut.

[’njɛ:.ŋkaː]
niégca
"she wolf"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:31 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[n] > [l] before resonants

[’ljɛ:.ŋkaː]
liégcá
"wolf; (obs. or regional) she wolf"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:02 pm
by Travis B.
[Cj] clusters > palatals.

[’ʎɛ:.ŋkaː]
liégcá
"wolf; (obs. or regional) she wolf"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:04 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Further a-colouring

[’ʎæ:.ŋkaː]
liégcá
"wolf"

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:08 pm
by Travis B.
Postvocalic prenasalized consonants transfer their nasalization to the preceding vowel.

[’ʎæ̃:.kaː]
liégcá
"wolf"