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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 10:29 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Loss of intertonic unstressed vowels:

[ˌsɒɸˈsʁɤɰβ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 6:28 pm
by WarpedWartWars
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 10:29 pm Loss of intertonic unstressed vowels:

[ˌsɒɸˈsʁɤɰβ]
Trilling of fricatives:

[ˌsɒʙ̥ˈsʀɤɰʙ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 8:24 pm
by Travis B.
Opening of trills and merger with adjacent approximants.

[ˌsɒʋtˈsʀɤw]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 8:38 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Diphthongs smooth, with residual pitch accent influenced by their original qualities:

[sòːt.sʀôː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 8:41 am
by vegfarandi
Glottalization of t.

[sòːʔ.sʀôː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 10:30 am
by Travis B.
Loss of glottal stops, with shortening of preceding vowels.

[sò.sʀôː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 9:27 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[sʀ] > [ʂ]

[sò.ʂôː]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 9:34 am
by vegfarandi
Replacement of falling tone with vocal fry.

[so̰.ʂóo̰]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 10:46 am
by Travis B.
Intervocalic voicing of fricatives.

[so̰.ʐóo̰]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 8:54 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Rhotacism, round two, retroflex boogaloo:

[so̰.ɽóo̰]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Fri May 20, 2022 5:33 am
by Raholeun
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Thu May 19, 2022 8:54 pm Rhotacism, round two, retroflex boogaloo:

[so̰.ɽóo̰]
That's quite beautiful actually.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 3:07 am
by Jonlang
Okay, new word:

[ˌs̩.ˈkʰɛnt.uˑ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 8:32 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
What does it mean?

Also epinthesis of [ɐ] before syllabic voiceless consonants.

[ˌɐs̩.ˈkʰɛnt.uˑ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 10:24 am
by Travis B.
Desyllabification of syllabic fricatives.

[ˌɐs.ˈkʰɛnt.uˑ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 10:26 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Shift of terminal consonants to the onset of the next syllable within the same word if there isn't an onset already:

[ˌɐs.ˈkʰɛn.tuˑ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 11:13 pm
by Travis B.
Elision of coda nasals with nasalization of the preceding vowels.

[ˌɐs.ˈkʰɛ̃.tuˑ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 6:52 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Palatalisation before front vowels:

[ˌɐs.ˈcʰɛ̃.tuˑ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 11:17 am
by Travis B.
Palatalization of coronals before palatals.

[ˌɐɕ.ˈcʰɛ̃.tuˑ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 2:36 pm
by Jonlang
Rounin Ryuuji wrote: Sat May 21, 2022 8:32 am What does it mean?
I was playing around with derivations in my conlangs and using syllabic /s/ as a method. I came up with that, but without any meaning.

Raising and rounding of vowels preceding final /u/:

[ˌɐɕ.ˈcʰɵ̃.tuˑ]

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 2:45 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Coda [ɕ] > [j]

[ˌɐj.ˈcʰɵ̃.tuˑ]