Word evolution game

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Forest Nenetsification

[vjɛ̀.ɬɛ́.tì]
vieréti
"root, radish"

*l > *w intervocalically

[ié.βe.win]
ievelin
"seal" (the animal)
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[j] > [ʒ]

[vʒɛ̀.ɬɛ́.tì]
vẓeṛéti
"root, radish"

[β w] merger:

[ié.we.win]
ievevin
"seal" (the animal)
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*t > ts / _E

[vʒɛ̀.ɬɛ́.tsì]
vẓeṛéti
"root, radish"

Lag deletion of *w

[ié.wein]
ievevin
"seal" (the animal)
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[ɬ] > [ʃ]

[vʒɛ̀.ʃɛ́.tsì]
vẓeṣéṭi
"root, radish"

[e] > [o] after [w]

[ié.woin]
iewoin
"seal" (the animal)
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Loss of low-tone syllables immediately preceding high tone, with cluster simplifications

[vʒjɛ́.tsì]
vẓeṣéṭi
‘root, radish, rutabaga’

Gudi Ngamo tone shift

[iè.wóin]
iewoin
‘seal (animal); sycophant (< one always clapping for someone); time (that which keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping, into the future)’
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Disaffrication:

[vʒjɛ́.sì]
vẓiéṭi
‘root, radish, rutabaga’

Low-pitched [ie] >

[ì.wóin]
iwóin
‘seal (animal); sycophant (< one always clapping for someone); time (that which keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping, into the future)’
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Labial-sibilant clusters > whistled sibilants

[z͎jɛ́.sì]
vẓiéṭi
‘root, radish, rutabaga’

Regressive frontness harmony

[ɯ̀.wóin]
iwóin
‘seal (animal); sycophant (< one always clapping for someone); time (that which keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping, into the future)’
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[z s] > [ʑ ɕ] before [i] and through coalescence with following [j]

[ʑɛ́.ɕì]
ziési
‘root, radish, rutabaga’

Diphthong height harmony:

[ɯ̀.wóen]
uwóen
‘seal (animal); sycophant (< one always clapping for someone); time (that which keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping, into the future)’
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Final vowels devoice following voiceless consonants

[ʑɛ́.ɕi̥]
ziési
‘root, radish, rutabaga’

Yumuşak ge-ization

[ɯ̀.ɰ̆óen]
uwóen
‘seal (animal); sycophant; time’
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Final vowel loss

[ʑɛ́i̥]
ziési
‘root, radish, rutabaga’

Initial vowel loss

[ɰ̆óen]
uwóen
‘seal (animal); sycophant; time’
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Regressive devoicing (plus fixing the error)

[ɕɛ̥ɕ]
ziési
‘root, radish, rutabaga’

Roundness assimilation

[ɰ̆ɤ́en]
uwóen
‘seal (animal); sycophant; time’
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*ɕ > *s
[sɛ̥s]
ziési
‘root, radish, rutabaga’

*ɰ̆ > *j

[jɤ́en]
uwóen
‘seal (animal); sycophant; time’
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[ɛ̥] > [jɑ̥]

[sjɑ̥s]
sias
‘root, radish, rutabaga’

Fronting of vowels following [j], with resulting [ee] coalescing to [eː]:

[jêːn]
yên
‘seal (animal); sycophant; time’
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Lateralisation
[ɬjɑ̥ɬ]
sias

[jêːl]
yên
‘seal (animal); sycophant; time’

Also new word
['jɪn.ɹɪ]
Yinrih
"sapient space monkey fox"
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