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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:15 pm
by vegfarandi
Contrasting epenthetic added after syllable-final glides.

[neɲaꜜɡoːw̃i]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:43 pm
by Travis B.
[w̃] > [m]

[neɲaꜜɡoːmi]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:49 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Pitch accent becomes affected by vowel length:

[nè.ɲà.ɡóː.mì]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:54 pm
by Zju
diphthongisation of long vowels

[nè.ɲà.ɡə́w.mì]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 1:23 pm
by Travis B.
[w.m] > [m.m]

[nè.ɲà.ɡə́m.mì]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 1:32 pm
by vegfarandi
Geminated consonants fortify to prenasalized stops

[nè.ɲà.ɡə́.mbì]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 1:39 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of low-pitched vowels immediately preceding high-pitched vowels:

[nèɲ.ɡə́.mbì]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 3:29 pm
by Zju
Progressive palatal assimilation:

[nèɲ.ɟə́.ᵐbì]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 3:58 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ə́] > [ɥé] after palatals

[nèɲ.ɟɥé.ᵐbì]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 4:23 pm
by vegfarandi
Coda-nasals are eliminated but leave a nasal trace on following stops.

[nè.ᶮɟɥé.ᵐbì]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:03 pm
by foxcatdog
vegfarandi wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 4:23 pm Coda-nasals are eliminated but leave a nasal trace on following stops.

[nè.ᶮɟɥé.ᵐbì]
e > i before nasal consonants, or alternatively a if the syllable is initial

[nà.ᶮɟɥí.ᵐbì]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 9:40 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ᶮɟɥ] > [ᶮɟ͡ʑᶣ]

[nà.ᶮɟ͡ʑᶣí.ᵐbì]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 9:48 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 9:40 pm [ᶮɟɥ] > [ᶮɟ͡ʑᶣ]

[nà.ᶮɟ͡ʑᶣí.ᵐbì]
Prenasalised affricates lose their prenasalisation. Prenasalised voiced stops instead become plain nasals.

[nà.ɟ͡ʑᶣí.mì]

Quite a change form.....
[nékòmà]

Also
[ego amo kan'are]

*g > *k

[eko amo kan'are]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 3:09 am
by Otto Kretschmer
Should be [kan',tare] l. You missed a [t]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:21 am
by Travis B.
Otto Kretschmer wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 3:09 am Should be [kan',tare] l. You missed a [t]
It was missing in your original post that proposed it.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 1:00 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
(Note: Put in missing consonants, vowel length, and phonetic quality distinctions.)

Quantitative metathesis of vowel length to stressed syllables, without change in quality.

['ɛː.ko 'ɐː.mo kɐn'taːrɛ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 3:48 pm
by vegfarandi
Loss of unstressed vowels immediately before stressed vowels.

['ɛː.k 'ɐː.mo kɐn'taːrɛ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 4:29 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of unstressed terminal vowels except after non-nasal resonants.

['ɛːk 'ɐːm kɐn'taːrɛ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 9:23 pm
by foxcatdog
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 4:29 pm Loss of unstressed terminal vowels except after non-nasal resonants.

['ɛːk 'ɐːm kɐn'taːrɛ]
Progressive nasal assimilation even across word boundaries creating prenasalised stops

['ɛːk 'ɐː ᵐbɐ'ⁿdaːrɛ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:01 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Low vowel chain shift — [ɐ a] > [a æ]:

['ɛːk 'aː ᵐba'ⁿdæːrɛ]