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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 11:47 am
by Travis B.
[ʟ̞] > [w]

[sɛ́ːw.tsòː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 7:13 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ɛ́ːw] > [ǿːɥ]

[sǿːɥ.tsòː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 2:07 am
by Raholeun
Anticipatory assimilation of the onset

[tsǿːɥ.tsòː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:08 am
by foxcatdog
Raholeun wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 2:07 am Anticipatory assimilation of the onset

[tsǿːɥ.tsòː]
Quite a change from [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]

Anyways...
['kæ.tə.ri.nə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:41 am
by Raholeun
Stress shift to the antepenult, with secondary stress on all subsequent alternating syllables

[kæ.ˈtə.ri.ˌnə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 12:33 pm
by Zju
Unstressed syllables are reduced:

[kə.ˈtə.rɨ.ˌnə]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 3:36 pm
by Travis B.
Stressed vowels are tensed.

[kə.ˈta.rɨ.ˌna]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:05 pm
by Jonlang
A-affection - syllables containing a high vowel, preceding final /a/ are fronted and lowered.

[kə.ˈta.re.ˌna]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 5:09 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
A satemisation-like chain shift of [ʔ k tʃ t] > [k tʃ t ts], only some of which is represented here.

[tʃə.ˈtsa.re.ˌna]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 6:14 am
by Zju
lenition

[t͡ʃə.ˈd͡za.re.ˌna]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 7:09 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Schwa loss with voicing assimilation:

['dʒd͡za.re.ˌna]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 3:17 pm
by Zju
Initial cluster simplification (d͡ʒd͡z → ʒd͡z → zd͡z):

['zd͡za.re.na]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 10:39 pm
by Znex
Pre-nasal vowel raising (e -> i / _N)

['zd͡za.ri.na]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 11:26 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Metathesis:

['d͡zːa.ri.na]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 4:32 pm
by Travis B.
Geminate reduction.

['d͡za.ri.na]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 4:35 pm
by Zju
Reduction of /a/ in unstressed syllables:

['d͡za.ri.nɐ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 5:47 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of intervocalic [r] before front vowels.

['d͡zai.nɐ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 5:53 pm
by Zju
Lexified reduplication:

[d͡zai.'d͡zai.nɐ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 8:10 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Rhotacism:

[dʁai.'dʁai.nɐ]

(Also, why is there reduplication in a personal name?)

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue May 03, 2022 2:24 am
by Raholeun
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Mon May 02, 2022 8:10 pm (Also, why is there reduplication in a personal name?)
Reduplication and personal names go hand in hand, I would say. As given names, there are Mimi and Kiki and thinking of nicknames Marky Mark comes to mind.

But, to continue with a sound change where stressed diphthongs become long monophthongs:

[dʁai.'dʁɛ:.nɐ]