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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 06, 2022 7:24 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Coda consonants and geminates drag stress, which is now primarily on the last heavy syllable (geminates interpreted as the same consonant in the coda of the preceding syllable and onset of the next).

[ˌlʲɪɲ.ɟʑᶣɤ'ʁæɕ.ɕä]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 06, 2022 7:28 pm
by Man in Space
Loss of pretonic vowels where these vowels are not in the initial syllable:

[lʲɪɲ'ɟʑᶣʁæɕ.ɕä]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 08, 2022 2:08 pm
by Zju
Resolution of secondary articulation (seriously, how has ᶣ been preserved in those environments so far?)

[lᶣʏɲ'ɟʑʁœɕ.ɕä]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 08, 2022 10:45 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
a-mutation:

[lᶣœɲ'ɟʑʁɔɕ.ɕä]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 8:02 am
by vegfarandi
Affrication of geminate sibilants

[lᶣœɲ'ɟʑʁɔ.tɕä]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 5:07 pm
by Zju
Affricates simplify to stops in front of continuants:

[lᶣœɲ.'ɟʁɔ.tɕä]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 11:45 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[lᶣ] > [ɥ]

[ɥœɲ.'ɟʁɔ.tɕä]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 8:57 am
by vegfarandi
Deaffrication continues.

[ɥœɲ.'ɟʁɔ.tä]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 9:38 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Unstressed syllable reduction

[ɥəɲ.'ɟʁɔ.tɐ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 9:50 am
by vegfarandi
Loss of unstressed final vowels.

[ɥəɲ.'ɟʁɔt]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 12:08 pm
by Zju
[ɥ] decomposes to [u̯j ~ wi̯]:

[u̯jəɲ.'ɟʁɔt]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 12:35 pm
by vegfarandi
Approximant + ə > vocalic value of approximant.

[u̯iɲ.'ɟʁɔt]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 11:19 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ɲ] > [j]

[u̯ij.'ɟʁɔt]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 8:20 am
by vegfarandi
Diphthong/triphthong contour slackening.

[wei̯.'ɟʁɔt]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 12:03 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[we] > [jɔ]

[jɔi̯.'ɟʁɔt]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 12:45 pm
by Travis B.
Elision of [i̯] before [ɟ].

[jɔ.'ɟʁɔt]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 1:07 pm
by Zju
Vowel breaking:

[jɔ.'ɟʁɔɐ̯t]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 1:56 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Reduction of pretonic unstressed vowels

[jə.'ɟʁɔɐ̯t]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 2:18 pm
by vegfarandi
ɟ > d

[jə.'dʁɔɐ̯t]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 4:04 pm
by Zju
fortition

[ɟə.'dʁɔɐ̯t]