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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:14 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
tcèyè
[tɕèjè]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
schwa becomes an echo vowel.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:18 pm
by Travis B.
tcèyè
[tɕèdʑè]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
j > dʑ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:49 pm
by linguistcat
cèjè
[ɕèdʑè]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
Initial affricates lose the stop and become plain fricatives.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 1:30 pm
by Travis B.
cèjè
[ˈɕèdʑɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
Initial stress with laxing of vowels in non-initial syllables.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 2:01 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
cèjè
[ˈɕètɕɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
devoicing of affricates.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 2:23 pm
by Travis B.
cèjè
[ˈɕèːtɕɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
Lengthening of vowels in stressed open syllables.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 2:53 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
cèjè
[ˈɕèːtʃɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
alveopalatal consonants > postalveolar consonants when not preceding front high or front mid vowels.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 5:26 pm
by Travis B.
cèjè
[ˈɕàjtʃɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
[eː] > [aj]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 6:01 pm
by Man in Space
cèjè
[ˈɕàtʃjɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
Metathesis
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 7:16 pm
by Travis B.
cèjè
[ˈɕàtːʃɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
Loss of j in VCjV sequences with compensatory gemination.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 7:51 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
cèjè
[ˈɕàːtʃɛ̀]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
gemination is lost, with compensatory lengthening on the preceding vowel.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2026 7:54 pm
by Man in Space
cèjè
[ˈɕàːtʃɛ̌]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
Tone dissimilation
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 10:51 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
cèjè
[ˈɕàːtʃɛ̀jɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
breaking of vowels with multi-step tone.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 11:33 am
by Travis B.
cèjè
[ˈɕòːtʃɛ̀jɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
aː > oː
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 12:03 pm
by Man in Space
cèjè
[ˈɕòːtʃɛ̀tʃɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
*j > tʃ / tʃ…_
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 12:31 pm
by Travis B.
cèjè
[ˈɕòːʃɛ̀tʃɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
Affricates after long vowels deaffricate.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 1:40 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
cèjè
[ˈɕø̀ːʃɛ̀tʃɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
back vowels front before palatal consonants.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 4:01 pm
by Travis B.
cèjè
[ˈɕœ̀ʏ̯̀ʃɛ̀tʃɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
øː > œʏ̯
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 4:34 pm
by Man in Space
cèjè
[ˈɕœ̀ʏ̯̀ʃìtʃɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
Mid vowels raise following a syllable with a high vowel/offglide
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 4:38 pm
by Travis B.
cèjè
[ˈɕœ̀ʏ̯̀ʒìtʃɛ́]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’
Intervocalic fricatives voice.