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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2026 4:58 pm
by Travis B.
thiƀæůdti
[ˈs͎eːwɒqχ]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Lowering of vowels adjacent to uvulars.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2026 9:05 pm
by Man in Space
śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎eːjɒqχ]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

*w > j

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2026 10:16 pm
by Travis B.
śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎eːʝɒqχ]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

j > ʝ

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2026 10:32 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎eːʝɶqχ]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

back vowels front following palatal consonants.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2026 10:37 pm
by Travis B.
śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎eːdʑɶqχ]
‘conscience, metaphorical angel on one's shoulder; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

ʝ > dʑ

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2026 10:50 pm
by Man in Space
śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎eːdʑɶʔχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

*q > ʔ

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2026 11:05 pm
by Travis B.
śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎ēːdʑɶ̌ʔχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Glottalization conditions rising tone, with other syllables having mid tone.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2026 11:17 pm
by Man in Space
śeeiôqj
[ˈs͎ēːdʑø̌æ̯ʔχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Uvular affectation

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2026 11:59 pm
by foxcatdog
śeeiôqj
[ˈtēːdʑø̌æ̯ʔχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Uvular affectation
*s > *t

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 1:05 am
by Man in Space
śeeiôqj
[ˈtēːʑø̌æ̯ʔχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Deaffrication following long vowels

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 1:09 am
by foxcatdog
śeeiôqj
[ˈtēːʑø̌ʔχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Monophthongisation

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 1:12 am
by Man in Space
śeeiôqj
[ˈtēːʑˤø̌χ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Coda laryngeals > emphatic onset

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 1:22 am
by foxcatdog
New Word
[tsɔ̃ˈdã́n]
xǫtán
“catkin orange”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 9:32 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
śeeiôqj
[ˈtējʑˤø̌χ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

breaking of long vowels.

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xǫtán
[tsɔ̃ˈdã́]
‘catkin orange’

loss of coda nasals adjacent to nasalized vowels.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 10:04 am
by Man in Space
śeeiôqj
[ˈtɐ̄jʑˤø̌χ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Diphthongal dissimilation

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xǫtán
[tsɔ̃ˈnã́]
‘catkin orange’

*Z > N / [+nas] _ [+nas]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 10:20 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
śeeiôqj
[ˈtɐ̄ʒˤø̌χ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

jʑ > ʒ

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xǫtán
[sɔ̃ˈnã́]
‘catkin orange’

deaffrication of word-initial affricates.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 10:37 am
by Man in Space
śeeiôqj
[ˈtɐ̀ʒˤǿχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Spreading of contour tones

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xǫtán
[hɔ̃ˈnã́]
‘catkin orange’

Debuccalization of *s-

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 10:41 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
śeeiôqj
[ˈtɐ̀ːʒˤǿχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

lengthening of stressed vowels in open syllables.

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xǫtán
[ɸɔ̃ˈnã́]
‘catkin orange’

[h] > [ɸ] before round vowels.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 5:45 pm
by Man in Space
śeeiôqj
[ˈtə̀ɨ̯ʒˤǿχ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Breaking of long vowels

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xǫtán
[ɸə̃ˈnã́]
‘catkin orange’

Reduction of unstressed vowels

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 9:09 pm
by foxcatdog
śeeiôqj
[ˈtə̀ɨ̯ʃˤǿ]
‘the id; (pejorative) Big Brother-esque authority’

Loss of voiceless fricatives and devoicing of voiced fricatives

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xǫtán
[ɸəˈnáŋ]
‘catkin orange’

Nasalisation lost on vowels ejecting a coda *-ŋ when final