Phrase evolution game

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Otto Kretschmer wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:43 pm Who votes for something vowel heavy as the next one? Hawaiian?
I like that idea. Japanese could also get interesting.
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I think we've already done Japanese at least once, so Hawai'ian would be more interesting, in my mind.
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[i ka hoʔopaʔapaʔa ʔana o ka makani ʔaːkau me ka laː ʔo vai ka mea o laːua i ʔoi aku ka ikaika maːʔalo maila he kanaka hele i kiːpuni ʔia i ke koloka mehana]
I ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o ka Makani ʻĀkau me ka Lā ʻo wai ka mea o lāua i ʻoi aku ka ikaika, māʻalo maila he kanaka hele i kīpuni ʻia i ke koloka mehana.

The first sentence of The North Wind and the Sun, Hawaiian, broad transcription. The source didn't show stress.
  • k > t /_i
  • a > ə / in the second vowel of a vowel sequence (that isn't aː)
  • e > ɛ / {l, n}_
  • e > ɛ / _{l, n}
[i ka hoʔopaʔapaʔa ʔana o ka makani ʔaːkau me ka laː ʔo vai ka meə o laːuə i ʔoi aku ka ikaika maːʔalo maila he kanaka hɛlɛ i tiːpuni ʔiə i ke koloka mehana]
I ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o ka Makani ʻĀkau me ka Lā ʻo wai ka mea o lāua i ʻoi aku ka ikaika, māʻalo maila he kanaka hele i tīpuni ʻia i ke koloka mehana.
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Neonnaut wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 5:37 pm [i ka hoʔopaʔapaʔa ʔana o ka makani ʔaːkau me ka laː ʔo vai ka meə o laːuə i ʔoi aku ka ikaika maːʔalo maila he kanaka hɛlɛ i tiːpuni ʔiə i ke koloka mehana]
I ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o ka Makani ʻĀkau me ka Lā ʻo wai ka mea o lāua i ʻoi aku ka ikaika, māʻalo maila he kanaka hele i tīpuni ʻia i ke koloka mehana.
  • [t] > [tʃ]
  • Glottal fortification: [ʔ] > [t], filling the gap left in the inventory;
  • Intervocalic [p] > [b] > [w], [v] > [w]; the sequences [awa owa] collapse to [oː]
  • Postvocallic [i u] > [l], postvocallic [ə] > [ːr], in terminal position
  • Loss of intervocalic [h], excrescence of semivowel to break up hiatus, or [r] after [a aː]
  • Stress falls either on the last heaviest syllable, or the penult, with compensatory lengthening or fortification, if all are equal
  • Quantitative metathesis occurs sometimes if two long vowels follow directly after each-other;
  • Pretonic, and sometimes posttonic, short vowels reduce to schwa, voiceless consonants before, and sometimes after, them are voiced;
  • [m] > [b], often devoicing to [p] in monosyllables and stressed syllables;
  • Changes in vowel length are marked in the orthography, but reduction and voicing are not, and neither is the [m] > [b] > ~[p] shift; the 'okina is replaced with "t"; [tʃ] is spelled "ts"; the new phoneme /r/ is represented as "r"
[i ka hoː.də'doː.ta taː.na o ka bə'gaː.ni taː'kal me ka laː to wal ka peːr o laː'ruːr i tol 'aː.ku ka ə'gai.ka 'paː.də.lo mai.la he gə'naː.ka hɛː.lɛ i 'tʃiː.wə.ni tiːr i ke gə'loːka bə'jaː.na]

I ka hōtotōta tāna o ka Makāni Tākal me ka Lā to wal ka mēr o lārūr i tol āku ka ikaika mātalo maila he kanāka hēle i tsīwuni tīr ke.
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computer, reactivate tangut beams.

- ə > 0
- j > ɟ
- reduction of presyllable inventory to β- r- ɣ- s- h- etc.; d > r before plosives and ɣ otherwise
- k g > q ɢ / _a
- i u > e o / _q; ɣ > ʁ / _$C[uvular]
- word-final l > n
- a > ə / _# except in monosyllables
- ɦ- > n-; non-prenasalized ɢ > ʁ

[i qa hoːˈrdoːtə taːnə o qa ˈβɢaːni taːˈqan me qa laː to wan qa peːr o laːˈruːr i tol ˈaːku qa ɴɢaeqə ˈpaːɣlo mailə he ˈʁnaːqə hɛːlɛ i ˈtʃiːβni tiːr i ke ˈʁloːqə ˈβɟaːnə]
I ka hōrdōta tāna o ka Bgāni Tākan me ka Lā to wan ka pēr o lārūr i tol āku ka ggaika pāvlo maila he vnāka hēle i cībni tīr ke vlōka bjāna.
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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  • [q] merges with [ʁ], then [ʁ h] merge to [x];
  • Medial consonant clusters eject most first elements into the coda of the preceding syllable, with long vowels in now closed syllables shortening;
  • Schwa becomes coloured by surrounding vowels;
  • Postconsonantal [ɢ ɟ] > [j], [ɴɢ xn] > [ɲ] > [nj]
  • [t] > [s] before [i j[/i]
    [*] Insertion of epenthetic vowels conditioned by surrounding vowels
    [*] [β] > [ç] before [i j]; [ɣ] > [w] intervocalically
    [*] Short vowel laxing [o a i e] > [ɒ ɐ ɪ ɛ], long [ɛː] tenses to [eː]
    [*] Long vowel breaking and diphthong shifts [aː iː uː eː oː ɐɛ ɐi] > [ɐɛ ɐi ou iɛ uo ɛɐ ɛi]]
[ɪ xɐ xɒ.rɒˈduotɒ 'tɐɛ.nɐ ɒ xɐ ˈçjɐɛ.nɪ tɐˈxɐɛn mɛ xɐ lɐɛ tɒ wɐn xɐ piɛr ɒ lɐɛˈrour ɪ tɒl ˈɐɛku xa njɛɐxɛ ˈpɐɛ.wɒ.lɒ mɛilɛ hɛ ˈnjɐɛxɐ çiɛlɛ ɪ ˈtʃɐiβɪnɪ sɐir i ke ˈxɒluoxɒ ˈçjɐɛnɐ]
I ha horodōto taena a ha Hyaeni Tahaen me ha Lae to wan ha pier o laerour i tol aeku ha nyeahe paewolo meile he nyaeha hiele i tsyaibini sair ke holuoho hyaena.
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  • Remaining [β] > [v].
  • [j] elides after [ç].
  • Final [n] > [ŋ].
  • Unstressed monophthongs elide between two intervocalic consonants.
  • Syllable-final [r] is elided and leaves behind rhoticity on the preceding vowel or diphthong.
[ɪ xɐ xɒ˞ˈduotɒ 'tɐɛ.nɐ ɒ xɐ ˈçɐɛ.nɪ tɐˈxɐɛŋ mɛ xɐ lɐɛ tɒ wɐn xɐ pi˞ɛ˞ ɒ lɐɛˈro˞u˞ ɪ tɒl ˈɐɛku xa njɛɐxɛ ˈpɐɛw.lɒ mɛilɛ hɛ ˈnjɐɛxɐ çiɛlɛ ɪ ˈtʃɐivnɪ sɐ˞i˞ i ke ˈxɒluoxɒ ˈçɐɛnɐ]
I ha horodōto taena a ha Hyaeni Tahaen me ha Lae to wan ha pier o laerour i tol aeku ha nyeahe paewolo meile he nyaeha hiele i tsyaibini sair ke holuoho hyaena.
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  • [ɒ˞ ɐ˞ ɐ˞i˞] merge to [ɐ˞ ː], [ou˞ ] > [o˞ ː] rhoticity also lengthens vowels elsewhere;
  • Excrescent semivowels separate some vowels in hiatus;
  • [uo iɛ ɛi ɐɛ ɐɛw ɐi] > [uː joː eː jɐː oːw ɐː];
  • [ɒ] merges with [ɐ];
  • Short unstressed vowels before and after long stressed vowels reduce to schwa; confusion of such vowels, which are frequently spelled "o" or "a" depending on the surrounding ones;
  • [ŋ] vocalises to [i~j] or [u~w], depending on the preceding vowel
  • [ç] produces excrescent [j] where not already present; [tj] > [tʃ]
[ɪ xɐ xɐ˞ ːˈduːtə 'tjɐː.nə ɐ xɐ ˈçjɐː.nə təˈçjɐːw mɛ xɐ ljɐː tɐ wɐn xɐ pjɛ˞ ː ɐ ljɐːˈro˞ ː ɪ tɐl ˈjɐː.kə xa njɐːxə ˈpoː.lə meːlə hɛ ˈnjɐːxə çjoːlə ɪ ˈtʃɐːvənə sɐ˞˞ ː i ke ˈxəluːxə ˈçjɐːnə]
I ha hordōto teāna a ha Heāna Taheāu me ha Leā ta wan ha pier a lēarōr i tal eāka ha neāha pōulo meila he neāha heōlo i teābana sār ke holōho heāna.
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  1. x çj → h ç
  2. ɐː eː oː V˞ː → aː iː ɒː Vʕ (creating a square vowel system [aː iː ɒː uː])
  3. Stop devoicing
  4. VCə → V{ə̆,j,w}C, shortening vowel if long
  5. [+stop] l wl → ʔ w wu / _#
  6. ɐ aː ɒ ɛ o → ʌ ɑ͡ʌ o ɵ ʊ / _{w,ʕ}
  7. VjC → VjəC; jaj → iə̆l
[ɪ hɐ hʌʕˈtuə̆ʔ ˈtiə̆lən ɐ hɐ ˈçajən təˈçɑ͡ʌw mɛ hɐ ljaː tɐ wɐn hɐ pjɵʕ ɐ ljaːˈrʊʕ ɪ tʌw ˈiə̆ləʔ ha ˈniə̆ləh powu miə̆w hɛ ˈniə̆ləh ˈçowu ɪ ˈtʃaːvəjən sʌʕ i ke ˈhəluə̆h ˈçajən]

I ha horduoʻ tealan a ha Heaian Taheāu me ha Leā ta wan ha pier a lēarōr i tal eālaʻ ha neālah pōulo meial he neālah heōlo i teābaian sār ke holōoh haluah.

Though I suspect at this point a simpler romanisation might be better:

I ha hartuək tiələn a ha hiayən təhiāw me ha liā ta wan ha pier a liāror i taw iələk ha niələh powu miəw he niələh hiowu i tiāvəyən sar i ke həluəh hiayən.
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  • /uə̯ iə̯ ɑʌ̯ jaː jɵ ʌw wɐ/ → /ʊː ɪː ɐː ɛː œː əː ɔː/
  • /ajə ɐːw owu əjə ɪːw/ → /ae̯ ao̯ ou̯ ei̯ eu̯/
  • /ʕ/ → /ŋ/
  • /ç/ → /θ/ → /f/
  • /ʔ/ assimilated into vowels, creating creaky voice
  • /lV nV/ dropped after a stressed vowel
  • Any other unstressed vowels lost with some subsequent cluster reduction. Creaky voice of any unstressed vowels spreads to the tonic vowel.
  • Stressed words take high tone and unstressed take low tone, apart from those with long vowels or diphthongs which all take high tone.
[ɪ̀ hɐ̀ xtʊ̰́ː tɪ́ːn ɐ̀ hɐ̀ fáé̯n tfáó̯ mɛ̀ hɐ̀ lɛ́ː tɐ̀ ɔ́ːn hɐ̀ pœ́ːŋ ɐ̀ drʊ́ŋ ɪ̀ tə́ː ɪ̰́ː hà nɪ́ːh póú̯ méú̯ hɛ̀ nɪ́ːh fóú̯ ɪ̀ tʃáːvn sʌ̀ŋ ì kè hə́h fáé̯n]
I ha hartuək tiələn a ha hiayən təhiāw me ha liā ta wan ha pier a liāror i taw iələk ha niələh powu miəw he niələh hiowu i tiāvəyən sar i ke həluəh hiayən.
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  • [x] vocalises to [ɐ] preconsonantally or in coda
  • Remaining nasal vowels denasalise;
  • [ʌ ə əː] > [ɐ ɐ eː]; [ae] > [aː], [ao ɔː] > [oː]; [ɛː] > [eː] > [iː], [ɪː] > [ɛː] > [æː]; [ou] > [uː]; [eú̯ ʊː] > [yː ʏː] > [yː yː]
  • [ŋ] > [ɲ] > [j]
  • [œːj ʊj] > [yːj yː], [ɐj] > [aː]
  • Epinthesis of vowels to break up clusters based on surrounding vowels;
  • Postvocallic [v] > [w]
  • Vowels lengthen before coda [h]; second round of short vowel laxing;
  • [tʃ] > [ts] > [s] before non-front vowels
  • [t d] > [tʃ dʒ] before [æː iː ʏ yː]
[ɪ̀ hɐ̀ ɐ̀tʃýː tʃæːn ɐ̀ hɐ̀ fáːn tɐ̀.fóː mɛ̀ hɐ̀ líː tɐ̀ óːn hɐ̀ pýːj ɐ̀ dʒʏrýː ɪ̀ téː ǽː hɐ̀ nǽːh púː mýː hɛ̀ nǽːh fúː ɪ̀ sáːwn sàː ɪ̀ kɛ̀ háːh fáːn]
I ha atēu teān a ha Fān Tafō me ha Lī ta ōn ha pūi a deureū itē eā ha neāh pū meū he neāh fū i sāun sā i ke hāh fān.

I'm impressed Hawai'ian has managed to survive this long into the future!
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  • Long vowels diphthongise /iː yː uː eː oː æː aː/ → /əi əy əu iə uə eə oə/
  • Diphthongs in closed syllables split over the coda; otherwise /i̯ y̯ u̯ ə̯/ → /ʝ ʝʷ ɣʷ ɦ/ → /d͡ʒ d b k/
  • /ɪ ʏ ɐ/ → /ə/
  • /ə́ ə̀/ → /í ò/
  • Ø → ʔ /#_V
  • t → t͡ʃ
  • /e ɛ o/ → /œ ɛ ɔ/
  • [hò] cliticised to the preceding word
[ʔɔ̀hɔ̀ ɔ̀t͡ʃíd tʃœ́ní ʔɔ̀hɔ̀ fɔ́ní t͡ʃɔ̀fúk mɛ̀hɔ̀ líd͡ʒ t͡ʃɔ̀ ʔúníhɔ̀ píd͡ʒý ʔɔ̀ dʒɔ̀ríd ʔɔ̀ t͡ʃík œ́khɔ̀ nœ́hí píb míd hɛ̀ nœ́hí fíb ʔɔ̀ sɔ́wní sɔ̀k ʔɔ̀ kɛ̀ hɔ́hí fɔ́ní]
ʻOho ochíd chǫ́ní ʻoho fóní chofúk meho líj cho ʻúního píjų́ ʻo joríd ʻo chík ǫ́kho nǫ́hí píb míd he nǫ́hí fíb ʻo sówní sok ʻo ke hóhí fóní
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Re: Phrase evolution game

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0 AD
Awiz ehwōz-uh:
awiz, sō wullǭ ne habdē, sahw ehwanz, ainanǭ kurjanǭ wagną teuhandų, ainanǭ-uh mikilǭ kuriþǭ, ainanǭ-uh gumanų sneumundô berandų. Awiz nu ehwamaz sagdē: hertô sairīþi mek, sehwandē ehwanz akandų gumanų. Ehwōz sagdēdun: gahauzī, awi! hertô sairīþi uns sehwandumiz: gumô, fadiz, uz awīz wullō wurkīþi siz warmą wastijǭ. Awiz-uh wullǭ ne habaiþi. Þat hauzidaz awiz akrą flauh.


['awiz 'ehwo:z uh]
['awiz so: 'wullo: ne habde: 'sahw 'ehwanz 'ainano: 'kurjano; 'wagno: 'teuhandu: 'ainano: uh 'mikilo 'kurito: 'ainano: uh 'gumanu 'snemundo: 'berandu 'awiz nu 'ehwamaz 'sagde: herto: 'sairiti mek 'sehwande: 'ehwanz 'akandu 'gumanu 'ehwo:z 'sagde:dun 'gahauzi: awi 'herto: 'sairiti uns 'sahwandumiz 'gumo: 'fa:diz uz 'awi:z 'wullo: 'wurkiti siz 'warma 'wastijo: 'awiz uh 'wullo: ne 'habaiti dat 'hauzidaz 'awiz 'akro: 'flauh]

Dunno if you want this guys xD IPA requires slight tweaking

After this there should be something with clicks.
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Otto Kretschmer wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 9:04 am Dunno if you want this guys xD IPA requires slight tweaking
I'll bite!
  • Long and overlong vowels *ō *ô merge; nasalisation disappears from long vowels;
  • Long vowel and diphthong chain shift */au ai eu oː eː / > [oː eː joː aː iː];
  • Short vowels show lax realisations (now reflected in the notation);
  • A form of the nasal-spirant law applies
  • Long closed syllables tend to drag stress;
  • Terminal labialised consonants delabialise and eject [ʊ]
  • i-mutation; [t d k g] > [ts dz c ɟ] before front vowels
  • [b] vocalises to [ʊ] in coda; [g] vocalises to [ʊ] or [j] depending on the preceding vowel;
  • Final [z] devoices
c. 350-500

Archaic Allemanish, as it is called in English, the language of a Germanic people in an alternate timeline who were early adopters of Roman customs, like writing, but, at this stage, seem to have had little widespread use of Latin outside very educated circles:

[ˌɛl.lɛ.mɛn'ɪs.xɑs]

['ɛ.wɪs ɛ.'xwa:s ʊx]
['ɛ.wɪs sa: 'wʊl.la: nɛ høy'dzi: 'sɑ.xʊ ɛ'xwaːs 'eː.nɑˌna: 'cʏ.rjɑˌna; 'wɑʊˌna: 'tjoː.han.du: 'eː.nɑˌna: ʊx 'mi.ci.laː 'kʏ.rɪˌta: 'eː.naˌna: ʊx 'gʊ.mɑ.nʊ 'snɛ.mʊnˌda: 'bɛ.rɑn.dʊ 'ɛ.wɪs nʊ e'xwɑ.mɑs 'søyˌdzi: 'hɛrˌta: 'siː.rɪ.tsɪ mɛk 'sɛ.xwɛnˌdzi: ɛx'waːs 'ɑ.kɑn.dʊ 'gʊ.mɑ.nʊ e'xwa:s 'søyˌdzi:.dʊn gɑ'hoːˌzi: 'ɛ.wɪ 'çɛrta: 'siː.rɪ.tsɪ uːs 'sɛ.hwɛn.dzʏ.mɪs 'guˌma: 'fe:dzɪs ʊs ɛ'wi:s 'wʊl.la: 'wyr.cɪ.tsɪ sɪs 'wɑr.mɑ 'wɛs.tsiˌja: 'ɛ.wɪs ʊx 'wʊl.la: nɛ hɛ'biː.tsɪ dɑt 'hoː.zi.das 'ɛ.wɪs 'akˌra: 'floːh]

Ellemenischas
Evis echvâs uch.
Evis sā vullā ne heyzī sachu echvâs ênanā cyrjanā; vaunā tjôhandū ênanā uch micilā cyritā ênanā uch gumanu snemundā berandu evis nu echvamas seyzī hertā sîriti mec sechvenzī echvâs acandu gumanu echvâs seyzī dun gahôsī evi hertā sîriti ûs sechvenzymis gumā fêzis us evîs vullā vyrciti sis varma vestijā evis uch vullā ne nebîti dat hôsidas evis acrā flōch.

The use of the distinct letters "v" and "j", the circumflex for stressed long vowels, and the macron for unstressed long vowels, are modern editorial conventions applied to the text.
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I am thinking of changing the grammar in a way that is significant yet different from other Germanic languages. Yet I know it should follow the evolution of other Germanic languages as it is close to Rome :P
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You can always set it up for some sort of radical syntactic alteration later on. It also isn't necessarily close to Rome, the tribes have just adopted writing and some other Roman customs. They don't even have intrusive Latin and Greek loanwords yet. Try dumping a few of those in but maintaining their original inflections or approximations thereof and analogise them to certain native words that have a vaguely Classical sound to them, if you're looking for a place for some more radical changes to begin?
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Karch wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 1:29 pm 5. vowels become rhotacized after retroflex consonants, retroflexion (and associated rhotacism) then spreads across alveolars
6. retroflex consonants become alveolar
I meant to ask if this was realistic or happened in natlangs.
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Neonnaut wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:20 pm
Karch wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 1:29 pm 5. vowels become rhotacized after retroflex consonants, retroflexion (and associated rhotacism) then spreads across alveolars
6. retroflex consonants become alveolar
I meant to ask if this was realistic or happened in natlangs.
I could see rhotacism developing from how retroflexes are articulated.
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Neonnaut wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:20 pm
Karch wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 1:29 pm 5. vowels become rhotacized after retroflex consonants, retroflexion (and associated rhotacism) then spreads across alveolars
6. retroflex consonants become alveolar
I meant to ask if this was realistic or happened in natlangs.
Not quite the same thing, but here are some Tangut correspondences (with approximate reconstructions of phonetic readings)

1kir2 [qʕī̠ʳ] 'to chew' ~ Wobzi rqæ̂i 'ronger'
1kor1 [qō̠ʳ] 'throat' ~ Wobzi rqê, Japhug tɯ-rqo, Geshiza rqua
1tsur1 [tsū̠ʳ] 'winter' ~ Wobzi rtsô, Japhug qa-rtsɯ, Geshiza rtso
2zewr1 [zě̠wʳ] 'leopard' ~ Geshiza rzəu

2kar1 [qǎ̠ʳ] 'to separate' ~ Geshiza ɴqar 'to disperse'
1jwyr3 [ndʒwə̄ʳ] 'mill' ~ Wobzi jdzə̂r 'moudre', Japhug kɤ-ɣndʑur 'moudre'
2gwyr4 [ŋgwə̌ʳ] 'back' ~ Japhug tɯ-mgɯr

2rar4 [rǎʳ] 'horse' ~ Japhug mbro (< *mraŋ)
2rir4 [rǐʳ] 'to stay, remain' ~ Japhug ɕɤ-rɯ

1phon2 [pʰʕȭ̠] 'white' ~ Phosul pʰrəˠm, Japhug wɣrum
1biq2 'willow' [mbʕī̠ˀ] ~ Japhug qa-ʑmbri 'saule'
1khwy2 [χʕwə̠̄] 'horn' ~ Japhug ta-ʁrɯ, Geshiza qrə, Zbu tɐ-ʁrə̂

Preinitial r becomes vowel rhoticity, initial r conditions vowel rhoticity, and medial r becomes... grade 2. (I'm not sure what happens to final r - I've just left out the correspondences where rhoticity isn't reflected, which I think are more numerous than the ones where they are.)
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
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Re: Phrase evolution game

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  • s > z / ! _#
  • ts c ç > tʃ s ʃ
['ɛ.wɪs ɛ.'xwa:s ʊx]
['ɛ.wɪs za: 'wʊl.la: nɛ høy'dzi: 'zɑ.xʊ ɛ'xwaːs 'eː.nɑˌna: 'sʏ.rjɑˌna; 'wɑʊˌna: 'tjoː.han.du: 'eː.nɑˌna: ʊx 'mi.si.laː 'kʏ.rɪˌta: 'eː.naˌna: ʊx 'gʊ.mɑ.nʊ 'znɛ.mʊnˌda: 'bɛ.rɑn.dʊ 'ɛ.wɪs nʊ e'xwɑ.mɑs 'zøyˌdzi: 'hɛrˌta: 'ziː.rɪ.tʃɪ mɛk 'zɛ.xwɛnˌdzi: ɛx'waːs 'ɑ.kɑn.dʊ 'gʊ.mɑ.nʊ e'xwa:s 'zøyˌdzi:.dʊn gɑ'hoːˌzi: 'ɛ.wɪ 'ʃɛrta: 'ziː.rɪ.tʃɪ uːs 'zɛ.hwɛn.dzʏ.mɪs 'guˌma: 'fe:dzɪs ʊs ɛ'wi:s 'wʊl.la: 'wyr.sɪ.tʃɪ zɪs 'wɑr.mɑ 'wɛz.tʃiˌja: 'ɛ.wɪs ʊx 'wʊl.la: nɛ hɛ'biː.tʃɪ dɑt 'hoː.zi.das 'ɛ.wɪs 'akˌra: 'floːh]

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