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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2026 12:24 am
by Man in Space
yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʰjã˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’
*VŋV > V~ for like *V
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2026 3:50 pm
by Travis B.
yadcáonqe
[sʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʰjaw̃˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety’
Nasal vowels eject [w̃] when not before a consonant.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2026 4:57 pm
by Man in Space
zgtśąu
[zʁ̩ˈt͡ɕʰjaw̃˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
Initial obstruent voicing
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2026 6:28 pm
by Travis B.
zgtśąu
[zɯˈt͡ɕʰjaw̃˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
ʁ̩ > ɯ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2026 6:32 pm
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
zgtśąu
[zɯˈt͡ʃʰaw̃˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
t͡ɕʰj > t͡ʃʰ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2026 7:14 pm
by Travis B.
zgtśąu
[ɻɯˈt͡ʃʰaw̃˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
z > ɻ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2026 7:24 pm
by Man in Space
zgtśąu
[ɻɯˈt͡ʃʰw̃ã˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
*-VG# > -GV# with nasal spreading
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2026 9:08 am
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
zgtśąu
[ɻɯˈʈ͡ʂʰw̃ã˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
retroflex spreading
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2026 10:21 am
by Man in Space
zgtśąu
[ɽʈ͡ʂʰw̃ã˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
Loss of minor syllable with conversion of retroflex approximant to tap for purposes of phonotactic ease
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2026 1:05 pm
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
zgtśąu
[ɽʈ͡ʂʰwan˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
vowel nasalization ejects an [n] in open syllables and is lost
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2026 7:17 pm
by Man in Space
zgtśąu
[ɽʈ͡ʂʰwɨn˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
*a > ɨ / _N%
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2026 8:34 pm
by Travis B.
zgtśąu
[ɽəˈʈ͡ʂʰwɨn˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
Epenthesis.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2026 9:02 am
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
zgtśąu
[ɽəˈʈ͡ʂʰwɨ̃˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
coda [n] > nasalization.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:21 pm
by Travis B.
zgtśąu
[ɽəˈʈ͡ʂʰwĩw̃˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
Breaking of [ɨ] and [ɨ̃].
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2026 2:50 pm
by Man in Space
rdăċhkhįi
[ɽəˈʈ͡ʂʰkʰĩ˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; checkpoint, save point (video games); moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
stoppage of semivowels when a kin semivowel is in the coda or the next onset, followed by deletion of the second semivowel
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2026 4:08 pm
by Travis B.
rdăċhkhįi
[ɽəˈʈ͡ʂʰcʰĩ˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; checkpoint, save point (video games); moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
Palatalization of velars before front vowels.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2026 4:43 pm
by Man in Space
rdăċhkhįi
[ɽəˈcçʰcʰĩ˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; checkpoint, save point (video games); moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
Palatal assimilation
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2026 5:21 pm
by Travis B.
rdăċhkhįi
[ɽəˈcçʰːĩ˦˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; checkpoint, save point (video games); moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
Reduction of same-POA clusters to geminates.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2026 5:33 pm
by Man in Space
rdăċhkhįi
[ɽəˈcçʰːĩ˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; checkpoint, save point (video games); moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
Loss of tonal contour
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2026 6:05 pm
by Travis B.
rdăċhkhįi
[ɽəˈtsʰːĩ˨]
‘halfway, especially in reference to distance; checkpoint, save point (video games); moiety; geographic division in major-league sport’
Depalatalization of palatal consonants.