Word evolution game

vegfarandi · Post by **vegfarandi** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:50 pm

Devoicing of syllable final consonants.

[nˤɐ ħɛuf nɛːsˤ ʕaːun̥]

Jonlang · Post by **Jonlang** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:58 pm

Final [s] > [ʃ]

[nˤɐ ħɛuf nɛːʃ ʕaːun̥]

Man in Space · Post by **Man in Space** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:26 pm

Pharyngeal affectation of vowels and vowel sequences

[nˤɜf nɛːʃ ʕɒn̥]

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:19 pm

[ɛː] > [iɜ]

[nˤɜf niɜʃ ʕɒn̥]

foxcatdog · Post by **foxcatdog** » Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:16 pm

Rounin Ryuuji wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:19 pm [ɛː] > [iɜ]

[nˤɜf niɜʃ ʕɒn̥]

Pharyngeal consonants lost

[nˤɜf niɜʃ ɒn̥]

Also

[nékòmà]

Jonlang · Post by **Jonlang** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 5:31 am

Intervocalic lenition.

[néɡòβ̃à]

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 7:21 am

Vowels back following labial consonants:

[néɡòβ̃ɒ̀]

Otto Kretschmer · Post by **Otto Kretschmer** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:40 am

[ego amo kan'are]

Travis B. · Post by **Travis B.** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:46 am

Otto Kretschmer wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:40 am [ego amo kan'are]

We'd just started a new word!

Otto Kretschmer · Post by **Otto Kretschmer** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 11:24 am

Ok. Didn't notice.

Travis B. · Post by **Travis B.** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 11:49 am

Tone turns into downstep based pitch accent.

[neꜜɡoβ̃ɒ]

vegfarandi · Post by **vegfarandi** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 2:05 pm

Nasal fricatives eject nasality to following vowel

[neꜜɡoβɒ̃]

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 2:21 pm

Vowel mutation from the final vowel in the word:

[njæꜜɡɒβɒ̃]

Zju · Post by **Zju** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 5:09 pm

Epenethesis time!

[nijæꜜɡɒβɒ̃]

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 5:30 pm

[β] > [w]

[nijæꜜɡɒwɒ̃]

foxcatdog · Post by **foxcatdog** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 5:43 pm

Rounin Ryuuji wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 5:30 pm [β] > [w]

[nijæꜜɡɒwɒ̃]

Nasalisations spreads across the word. This would have been blocked by a voiceless stop but we have none so...

[nĩjæ̃ꜜɡɒ̃wɒ̃]

Travis B. · Post by **Travis B.** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:44 pm

Nasal vowels become more open.

[nẽjãꜜɡɒ̃wɒ̃]

Rounin Ryuuji · Post by **Rounin Ryuuji** » Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:11 am

[ɒ̃wɒ̃] collapses to [õː]

[nẽjãꜜɡõː]

vegfarandi · Post by **vegfarandi** » Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:14 am

Approximant following nasal vowel nasalizes

[nẽɲãꜜɡõː]

Travis B. · Post by **Travis B.** » Thu Mar 24, 2022 11:45 am

Nasal vowels are denasalized, with nasal vowels not followed by a consonant ejecting a nasal glide.

[neɲaꜜɡoːw̃]

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