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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