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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 1:22 am
by Man in Space
[ˈseɲɕip]
tïsẽeṭsp
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
i-epenthesis
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[keːɕiɲˈtaːʁo]
koośöntákkuu
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
Shortening of unstressed long vowels
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 9:19 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
[ˈseɲɕi]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
deletion of word-final voiceless plosives
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[keːsinˈtaːʁo]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
depalatalization
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 12:34 pm
by Travis B.
[ˈseɲiɕi]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
Vowel epenthesis to break up clusters.
[keːsinˈtɑːʁo]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
Backing of vowels before uvular consonants.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 1:04 pm
by Lērisama
[ˈseŋiɕi]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
Post vocalic nasal neutralisation
[keːsːˈtɑːʁ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
Syncope of vowels in the second syllable of a trochaic foot, with simplification of resulting clusters
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 1:16 pm
by Travis B.
[ˈseŋiɕih]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
Insertion of [h] after final high vowels.
[kesːˈtɑːʁ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
Shortening of vowels before geminates.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2025 9:32 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
[ˈseŋgiɕih]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
nasal consonants > prenasalized plosives
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[kesːˈtɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
final devoicing
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2025 1:32 pm
by Travis B.
[ˈsẽːgiɕih]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
Deprenasalization of postvocalic prenasalized consonants with nasalization and compensatory lengthening of preceding vowels.
[kesːəˈtɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
Schwa-epenthesis
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2025 11:47 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
[ˈsẽːgiɕhi]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
metathesis of [Vh]
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[kxesːəˈtɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
affrication of word-initial plosives
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2025 12:25 pm
by Travis B.
[ˈsẽːgiɕi]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
Loss of [h] after consonants.
[kʰesːəˈtɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
Shifting of affrication to aspiration.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2025 11:09 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
[ˈsẽːɣiɕi]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
lenition of intervocalic plosives
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[kʰesːəˈʈɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
[t] > [ʈ] before open back vowels
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2025 12:16 pm
by Travis B.
[ˈsẽːʝiɕi]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
Palatalization of dorsal consonants before front vowels and [j].
[kʰetsəˈʈɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
[sː] > [ts]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2025 1:34 pm
by Lērisama
[ˈtẽːʒisi]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
Fricative chain shift.
[kketsəˈʈɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
Aspiration to gemination
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2025 2:02 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
[ˈtẽdʒisi]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
long vowels followed by fricatives become short vowels followed by affricates
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[xːetsəˈʈɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
lenition of word-initial plosives
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2025 2:07 pm
by Travis B.
[ˈdẽdʒisi]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
Voicing of consonants before nasal vowels.
[kxetsəˈʈɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
Affrication of geminate fricatives.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2025 2:55 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
[ˈdẽdʒis]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
deletion of unstressed word-final vowels
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[kxetsˈʈɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
deletion of schwas
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 10:23 pm
by Man in Space
[ˈnẽdʒis]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
*Z > N / # _ [ +syll +nas ]
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[kxe̥tsˈʈɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
Devoicing of unstressed vowels when between two voiceless consonants
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 10:46 pm
by Travis B.
[ˈnẽʒis]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
Deaffrication
[kxtsˈʈɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
Elision of voiceless vowels
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2025 9:01 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
[ˈnẽʒĩs]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
Nasal harmony
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[xtˈʈɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
Affricates simplify to fricatives word-initially and to plosives word-internally
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2025 10:51 am
by Man in Space
[ˈnẽjĩs]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
Lenition
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[iʈˈʈɑːχ]
keesintaago
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
Vocalization of initial dorsal fricatives before a consonant, with simplification
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2025 11:11 am
by Lērisama
[ˈnĩːs]
señśi
‘grounds, plot of land; habitat, native environs; country’
Contraction of vowel sequences, for which [ji wu] count as hiatus
[iˈʈɑːχ]
iṭṭaḫ
‘swordfight, duel, trial by sword; rivalry, debate’
Simplification of geminates