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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2026 7:39 pm
by Travis B.
hihe
[ˈtəʝeq]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'
Epenthesis.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2026 8:00 pm
by Man in Space
hihe
[ˈteʝeq]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model’
Assimilation of stressed schwa
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2026 8:32 pm
by foxcatdog
hihe
[teˈʝe]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model’
Final weak consonants lost causing stress to shift to that syllable
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2026 8:36 pm
by Travis B.
hihe
[teˈʝej]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model’
Offglides develop after final mid vowels.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2026 8:37 pm
by foxcatdog
tejhe
[taˈʝi]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model’
Mid vowel loss.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2026 9:17 pm
by Man in Space
tejhe
[taˈi]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model’
Palatal fricatives delete before front vowels
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2026 9:19 pm
by Travis B.
[taˈʔi]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model’
Epenthesis.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2026 9:53 pm
by foxcatdog
tejhe
[ˈtʔi]
'rich people getting poorer’
Unstressed vowel loss
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2026 10:44 pm
by Travis B.
tejhe
[tiˈʔi]
'rich people getting poorer’
Epenthesis.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2026 11:15 pm
by foxcatdog
tejhe
[ti˩.ʔi˥]
'rich people getting poorer’
Stress converts to pitch accent
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 8:17 am
by Travis B.
tejhe
[tsi˩.ʔi˥]
'rich people getting poorer’
Assibilation of [t] before [i].
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 6:41 pm
by foxcatdog
tejhe
[tsi˩.hi˥]
'rich people getting poorer’
Merger of glottals
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 8:20 pm
by Man in Space
tejhe
[tsi˩˥]
'rich people getting poorer’
Intervocalic *h deletes, with like vowels merging and contouring of the tones differ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 8:34 pm
by Travis B.
tejhe
[tsiç˩˥]
'rich people getting poorer’
Insertion of voiceless palatal fricatives after final [i].
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 8:41 pm
by Man in Space
tejhe
[tsi̥ç]
'rich people getting poorer’
High vowels devoice between voiceless segments
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:09 am
by foxcatdog
tejhe
[tsç]
'rich people getting poorer’
Devoiced vowels become artifacts of analysis
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 7:40 am
by Travis B.
tejhe
[tsəç]
'rich people getting poorer’
Epenthesis.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 9:25 pm
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
tejhe
[tseç]
'rich people getting poorer'
fortition of stressed schwa.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 9:32 pm
by Man in Space
tejhe
[cçeç]
'rich people getting poorer'
Lag assimilation of POA in coronal/palatal POA
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 11:19 pm
by foxcatdog
cheç
[cçe:]
'rich people getting poorer'
Final nonsibilant fricatives lost with compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel