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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2025 7:37 pm
by foxcatdog
Stress becomes fixed on the first syllable and its tone spreads to the whole word
[ˈdàcỳ]
dawkí
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2025 7:59 pm
by Travis B.
[y] > [iw]
As tone is now the same across the whole word, it is no longer marked.
[ˈdaciw]
dawkí
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:15 pm
by Man in Space
Loss of unstressed vowels with syllabification of resonants
[ˈdacu]
dawkí
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:39 pm
by Travis B.
[c] > [kj], [ɟ] > [ɡj]
[ˈdakju]
dawkí
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2025 12:26 am
by foxcatdog
Voiced stops become nasals
[ˈnakju]
dawkí
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Also new word
[ˈjæw.ræ]
jäwrä
"lake"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2025 3:48 am
by Lērisama
Another round of unstresses vowel deletion, this time with repair via matathesis
[ˈnajk]
dawkí
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
(Should we maybe finish the last word before we start a new one? I'm going to do it because I'm not familiar with the mores of the game, but it feels a bit weird to me)
Stressed vowels diphthongise
[ˈje̯ɑw.ræ]
jäwrä
‘lake’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2025 9:19 am
by Man in Space
Final obstruent loss
[ˈnaj]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
*wC > CC
[ˈje̯ɑr.ræ]
jäwrä
‘lake’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2025 10:51 am
by Travis B.
Schwa-epenthesis after final consonants.
[ˈnajə]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Breaking of stressed diphthongs.
[ˈjejɑr.ræ]
jäwrä
‘lake’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2025 10:53 am
by Man in Space
*n…j > j…j
[ˈjajə]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
*rr > dr
[ˈjejɑd.ræ]
jäwrä
‘lake’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2025 12:03 pm
by Lērisama
Vowels front between palatals
[ˈjɛjə]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Syncope of post-stress vowels
[ˈjejd.ræ]
jäwrä
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:16 pm
by Man in Space
Initial fortition
[ˈcɛjə]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
*jej- > iz-
[ˈiz.dræ]
jäwrä
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:43 am
by foxcatdog
[Schwas become an echo vowel
[ˈcɛjɛ]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Metathesis
[ˈzi.dræ]
jäwrä
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:04 pm
by Travis B.
Lengthening of vowels in stressed open syllables
[ˈcɛːjɛ]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Retroflexion of rhotics combined with assimilation of coronals before them
[ˈzi.dʐɻæ]
jäwrä
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 4:15 pm
by Man in Space
*j > h
[ˈcɛːhɛ]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Lowering of high vowels before syllables with nonhigh vowels
[ˈze.dʐɻæ]
jäwrä
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 4:20 pm
by Travis B.
c > tɕ
[ˈtɕɛːhɛ]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Devoicing of fricatives
[ˈse.dʐɻæ]
jäwrä
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 4:39 pm
by Lērisama
h → ∅
[ˈtɕɛːː]
ceehe
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Rightward shift of stress, with vowel reduction in unstressed syllables
[sɪ.ˈdʐɻæ]
sijra
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 7:33 pm
by Travis B.
ɛːː > ɛːj
[ˈtɕɛːj]
ceehe
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Loss of unstressed vowels in iambs.
[sdʐɻæ]
sijra
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:50 am
by Lērisama
Verscharfung
[ˈt͡ɕɛːk]
ceehe
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Assimilation
[ʐɖ͡ʐɻæ]
sijra
‘lake, pool’
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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 12:44 pm
by Travis B.
[ɛː] > [eə̯]
[ˈt͡ɕeə̯k]
ceehe
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
[ɻ] > [ʁ]
[ʐɖ͡ʐʁæ]
sijra
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:05 pm
by Man in Space
Loss of final consonants
[ˈt͡ɕeə̯]
ceehe
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
[ʐɖ͡ʐ] > [ʐɖ]
[ʐɖʁæ]
sijra
‘lake, pool’