Word evolution game

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

[sɨˈt͡ɕaɛ̯̃ːbiː]
sceienebii
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

nasal consonants are deleted adjacent to nasal vowels.

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new word:

[køɹ̥ønˈtaːsʼɡu]
körhöntaas’gu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

[Travis B.]

[sɨˈt͡ɕajɛ̃ːbiː]
sceienebii
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Breaking of diphthongs.

new word:

That word still has plenty of life in it, so I'm continuing it.

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[kŏĕ̯ɹ̥ønˈtaːsʼɡu]
körhöntaas’gu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

Breaking of vowels before rhotics.

[Lērisama]

[θɨˈsajɛ̃ːbiː]
sceienebii
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Sibilant chain shift

new word:

That word still has plenty of life in it, so I'm continuing it.

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[kŏĕ̯ɹ̥ønˈtaːkku]
körhöntaas’gu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

Cluster assimilation

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

[θɨˈsajɛ̃jbij]
sceienebii
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

breaking up of long vowels.

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[kŏə̯̆ɹ̥ønˈtaːkku]
körhöntaas’gu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

reduction of non-syllabic vowels.

[Travis B.]

[t̪ɨˈsajɛ̃jbij]
sceienebii
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

[θ] > [t̪]

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[koə̯ɹ̥ønˈtakkuː]
körhöntaas’gu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

Shortening of vowels before geminates and clusters and lengthening of all other vowels.

[Lērisama]

[t̪ɨˈsæ̃ːjbi]
thsãebi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Contraction of vowels

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[koə̯ʃønˈtakkuː]
körhöntaas’gu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

Fricativisation of voiceless approximants

[Travis B.]

[t̪ɨˈsæ̃ːʝbi]
thsãebi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

[j] > [ʝ]

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[koə̯ɕønˈtakkuː]
körhöntaas’gu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

Palatalization of coronals before front vowels.

[ophois]

[t̪ɨˈsæ̃ːʝbɨ]
thisãeybi

Centralisation of unstressed vowels

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[koːɕønˈtakkuː]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

Monophthongisation of centring diphthongs

[Travis B.]

[t̪ɯˈsæ̃ːʝbɨ]
thisãeybi

Backing or pretonic central vowels.

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[koːɕønˈtaʰkuː]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

Replacement of geminate voiceless plosives with preaspiration.

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

[t̪ɯˈsẽːʝbɨ]
thisãeybi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

vowel raising before palatals.

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[koːɕønˈtaxuː]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

preaspirated plosives become fricatives.

[Travis B.]

[t̪ɯˈsẽːdʒbɨ]
thisãeybi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

[ʝ] > [dʒ]

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[koːɕønˈtaχuː]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

[x] > [χ] before back vowels

[Lērisama]

[t̪ɯˈsẽːdʒb]
thisãeybi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

ɨ / ∅

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[koːɕenˈtaχuː]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

Unrounding front vowels

[Travis B.]

[t̪ɯˈsẽːtʃp]
thisãeybi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Final devoicing

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[koːɕɛ̆ĭ̯nˈtaχuː]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

Breaking of close-mid vowels

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

[t̪ɯˈsẽːʈ͡ʂp]
tïsẽeṭsp
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

[t͡ʃ] > [ʈ͡ʂ] before labial consonants.

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[koːɕɛ̆ĭ̯nˈtaχoː]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

lowering of high vowels adjacent to uvular consoants.

[Travis B.]

[t̪ɯˈsẽːʂp]
tïsẽeṭsp
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Deaffrication before plosives.

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[koːɕɛ̆ĭ̯nˈtaʁoː]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword’

[χ] > [ʁ] intervocalically.

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

[t̪ɯˈsẽʂp]
tïsẽeṭsp
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Shortening of long vowels in closed syllables

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[koːɕɛ̆jĭnˈtaʁoː]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

breaking of diphthongs

[Travis B.]

[t̪ɯˈseɲʂp]
tïsẽeṭsp
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Ejection of vowel nasality as a nasal consonant.

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[koːɕɛːjinˈtaːʁoː]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

Adjustment of vowel length so all vowels in closed syllables are short and all vowels in open syllables are long.

[Man in Space]

[ˈtseɲʂp]
tïsẽeṭsp
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Initial pretonic vowels drop (with assimilation of coronals)

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[koːɕɛːjnˈtaːʁoː]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

Pretonic vowels drop

[Travis B.]

[ˈtseɲɕp]
tïsẽeṭsp
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

Assimilation of fricatives after consonants.

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[koːɕɛːɲˈtaːʁoː]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

[jn] > [ɲ]

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

[ˈseɲɕp]
tïsẽeṭsp
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’

simplification of affricates

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[keːɕiːɲˈtaːʁoː]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’

umlaut before palatal consonants