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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"