Word evolution game

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Rounin Ryuuji
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[θ] > [t̪ʰ]

[ˈt̪ʰiu̯.ðis.kɑz]
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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 7:20 am [θ] > [t̪ʰ]

[ˈt̪ʰiu̯.ðis.kɑz]
[z] > [r]

[ˈt̪ʰiu̯.ðis.kɑr]
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T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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All voiceless stops become voiceless aspirates:

[ˈt̪ʰiu̯.ðis.kʰɑr]
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[ˈt̪ʰiu̯.ðis.kʰɑ]
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[iu̯] > [yː]

[ˈt̪ʰyː.ðis.kʰɑ]
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[ˈt̪ʰyː.dis.kʰɑ]
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[kʰ] > [χ]

[ˈt̪ʰyː.dis.χɑ]
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[sχ] > [ʃ]

[ˈt̪ʰyː.di.ʃɑ]
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Dental stops to palatal affricates before high front vowels:

[ˈt͡ɕʰyː.d͡ʑi.ʃɑ]
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Rounin Ryuuji wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:08 pm Dental stops to palatal affricates before high front vowels:

[ˈt͡ɕʰyː.d͡ʑi.ʃɑ]
Lenition of affricates

[ˈɕʰyː.ʑi.ʃɑ]
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Depalatalization of palatals

[ˈʃyː.ʒi.ʃɑ]
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Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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A-mutation of a syllable preceding an 'a' vowel:

[ˈʃyː.ʒe.ʃɑ]
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[ˈʃyː.ʒe.ʃɑɪ]
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Otto Kretschmer wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 2:37 am [ˈʃyː.ʒe.ʃɑɪ]
Vowels back before palatals.

[ˈʃuː.ʒɤ.ʃɑɪ]
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Make this one look French again

['minamoto 'joritomo]

['minamotɘ 'joritomɘ]

Initial stress and reduction of final vowels
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Note: Correcting reduction to syllables that are low-pitched, and adding pitch accent markers.

[r] > [j] before [i]

[mʲɘ̀námótó jɘ̀jítómɘ̀]
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thethief3 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 2:57 am [ˈʃuː.ʒɤ.ʃɑɪ]
Palatals become velar and then glottal fricatives after back vowels (voiced glottal disappear). Adjacent vowels assimilate in rounding.

[ˈʃuo.hɑɪ]
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Moose-tache wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:48 pm [ˈʃuo.hɑɪ]
This looks a lot like
Otto Kretschmer wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 8:23 am [ʃu:'jei]
from page 1.

Diphthongization:

[ˈʃwo.hɑj]
Last edited by WarpedWartWars on Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.
tɑ tɑ tɑ tɑ θiθɾ eɾloθ tɑ moew θerts olɑrk siθe
of of of of death abyss of moew kingdom sand witch-PLURAL
The witches of the desert of the kingdom of Moew of the Abyss of Death

tɑ toɾose koɾot tsɑx
of apple-PLURAL magic cold
cold magic of apples
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I think you only get one change.
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What can you guys do with something simple?

[ˈpa.ka a.ma ta.i]
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