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dhùzè
[njuˈzḛj]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Back vowels acquire an onglide when the next syllable starts with an alveolar consonant

dhùzè
[njuˈzḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Verschärfung

dhùzè
[ljuˈzḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

*n > l / _V

dhùzè
[ʎuˈzḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

lj > ʎ

dhùzè
[ʎyˈzḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

vowels front before palatals.

dhùzè
[ʎyˈrḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Intervocalic lenition

ʎy

Phonological yin-yang

dhùzè
[ʎyˈʁḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

r > ʁ

dhùzè
[ʎyˈɣḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

dorsals front before front vowels.

lyùrèg
[ʎyˈɣḛk]
‘moniker for a specific state government model; (colloquial) authoritarian or demanding policies'

semantic shift

lyùrèg
[jyˈɣḛk]
‘moniker for a specific state government model; (colloquial) authoritarian or demanding policies'

delateralization.

Starbeam wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2026 1:48 pm semantic shift

I should note that things like semantic shifts and spelling reforms are the equivalent of flavor text; feel free to make those sorts of changes along with phonological changes.

lyùrèg
[jyˈɣḛs]
‘moniker for a specific state government model; (colloquial) authoritarian or demanding policies'

*k > s / E_#

lyùrèg
[ʝyˈɣḛk]
‘moniker for a specific state government model; (colloquial) authoritarian or demanding policies'

Frication of palatal glides.

lyùrèg
[ʝɣḛk]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Deletion of unstressed pretonic vowels.

lyùrèg
[ʝɣeʔk]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Creaky voice turning into (pre)glottalization.

lyùrèg
[ʝeʔk]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Tonguederdome: Two dorsals enter, one dorsal leaves

lyùrèg
[ɟʝeʔk]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Affrication of palatal fricatives.

lyùrèg
[ɟʝeʔc]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Dorsal harmony

lyùrèg
[ˈɟʝeʔec]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Epenthesis of an echo vowel.

lyùrèg
[ˈɟʝecec]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Echo assimilation of the glottal stop

jjecec
[ˈɟʝɯcɯc]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

*e > *ɯ